Captain Mark Ring and crewman hauling lobster traps in the early morning along Gloucester’s backshore.
CAPTAIN MARK RING’S BEAUTIFUL LOBSTER BOAT THE STANLEY THOMAS
Tag: Working Boats
1938 no-nonsense classroom film New England Fishermen shows Gloucester, schooner, steam, and diesel trawlers
At the dawn of talkies, ERPI (Electrical Research Products Inc) sought to “bring the world to the classrooms” via 16mm A/V equipment and a catalog of films. ERPI was a subsidiary of AT&T and a forerunner of Encyclopedia Britannica Films.
They produced GLOUCESTER FISHERMEN (under 9 min) in 1938 with backing from Clark University. The film’s narrator was James Brill. There was also a 1938 film titled Shell-Fishing.
from the A/V Geeks archive youtube channel
Here’s James Brill narrating and before the camera in the 1946 film: FROM DEMOCRACY TO DESPOTISM, 1946, Encyclopedia Britannica Films.
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Calm Before the Storm
Tugboat Smith’s Cove
Ayn Lobster Boat
Houseboat Rocky Neck
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Gloucester At Dawn- The Stanley Thomas heads Off Into The Early Morning Haze 9/2/14
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Mornin’ At the Dock
5:00AM First Boat Of The Day, The Mighty Cabaret V
Captain Pete is looking at the stinky bait thinking to himself- “Do I really wanna do this?”
Stretch Pete, you’re gonna get through it.
Setting Up the Davit
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Sun Rising Over East Gloucester, Black Sheep, and MarStina
Photos from a foggy September morning sunrise, taken from the Fort, looking towards East Gloucester. 
Mar Stina
I love filming and photographing around Gloucester all year round, but especially at this time of year when I find the light to be sublime. The moisture in the air provides a gossamer veil that magnifies the supernal quality of light; even the most ordinary of daily activities captured finds added beauty.
Black Sheep Fishing Boat
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Gloucester At Dawn- Captain Dave Fuel Barge 4:47AM 6/5/12
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Gloucester Harbor In the 60’s Photos From Geno Mondello
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Phyllis A on the Rails From Kathy Chapman
Kathy Chapman writes-
The beautiful lines of Phyllis A’s hull will only be visible for a few weeks at the Gloucester Marine Railways. Work on her is being funded by a 2011 Community Preservation Act grant from the residents of Gloucester.
From the Phyllis A. Marine Association: By focusing on the gill-netting industry, we highlight a time in Gloucester’s history that is not currently well covered. The Phyllis A. was fished by the same Gloucester family for 75 years. Many people working in Gloucester’s fishing industry today, at some point, fished off the Phyllis A.
Photos © Kathy Chapman 2012
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Gloucester At Dawn 4:40AM 5/23/12 Harbor Cove Lat 43 and Fisherman’s Wharf
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Gloucester At Dawn 4:35AM 5/23/12 Harbor Cove- Felicia Oil and The Gloucester House
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Gloucester At Dawn 4:46AM 5/17/12
Can you see the moon?
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Commercial Fishing: Rome
Apparently commercial fishing in Rome is alive and well. In my opinion you can tell how well the boats are doing by how well they are maintained. These boats are all in good shape and devoid (mostly) of rust so they must be doing alright.
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View From Our Hotel Last Night In Rome In The Heart Of Rome’s Commercial Fishing Port: Hotel Tibor
Looking out the front window of our room we got to see the Rome Dragger Fleet. Behind our Hotel, Hotel Tibor there are fish processing plants and open fish marketplaces, and along the boardwalk next to our hotel and in front of the commercial docks there are lines of Seafood Restaurants. The one we ate at last night reminded us of The Causeway. Large fresh portions obviously landed from the boats tied up right in front of us, a family run joint and very reasonable prices.
Inside our hotel facing the boats they had a restaurant Latitude 41. the similarities were wild.
What was particularly cool was to see the boats way over here using the same types of net reels and doors as they do here in the states. I’ll post more pictures of the boats soon. I was taking pictures of the way the dragger fleet had their decks set up thinking that FOB Joe Testeverde would like to see.
Beautiful spot!
View from our room at Hotel Tibor
Directly behind Hotel Tibor are the fish processing and open fish markets
Directly in front of Hotel Tibor the commercial fishing docks and Coast Guard Station
Behind Hotel Tibor fish processing and open fish markets
Hotel Tibor View Panorama
View from our room.
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Gloucester at Dawn- Aaron & Melissa II On the Blocks At East Gloucester Marine Railways 4:45AM 2/29/12
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The Building Center and Peter Mullins Wharf From I4-C2
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Gloucester At Dawn The South Channel Gloucester Harbor From Captain Joe and Sons Parking Lot 5:01AM 4/22/12
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Gloucester at Dawn View From Captain Joe and Sons -Black and White Panorama 5:15AM 4/16/12
While the city sleeps…
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Gloucester At Dawn 5:13AM 3/31/12 Gloucester Harbor
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You can actually see inside the pilot houses of the boats.
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Gloucester At Dawn- Captain Joe and Sons 5:10AM 3/31/12
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This one looks really nice full screen. The detail in the background is stuff the human eye doesnt see at ths time of the morning but is only captured with the long exposure taken at three different focal lengths and then combined so everything is in relative focus.
Good Morning Gloucester 