John Avery Parker: Westport’s Most Successful Pauper
John Avery Parker personifies the risky entrepreneurial spirit of the late 1700’s. He came to the Head of Westport in […]
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Building Ships at the Head of Westport
Building Ships at the Head of Westport
Launching the Vessels – Free Drinks All Day!
“The day the vessels are launched there would be 3 or 4 hundred present, and as it was understood to […]
Building Ships at the Head of Westport
Shipbuilding at the Head
Shipbuilding took place all along the river. Thomas Winslow, a shipbuilder from Assonet, bought land east of The Landing. He […]
Building Ships at the Head of Westport
Waterpower
Waterpower was key to the Head’s development in the 1700’s and to its involvement in the whaling industry. The river, […]
Building Ships at the Head of Westport
The Head of Westport – A Waterway to the World
It is hard to imagine today, but 200 years ago, the Head of Westport was a dynamic community of merchants, […]