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New Bedford

Year

2003

Language

ENGLISH

Publication Information

Arcadia Publishing

Summary

In 1765, when Joseph Rotch sailed across the bay from Nantucket, he brought with him the skills and knowledge to start New Bedford's whaling industry. By 1830, the town was a larger whaling port than Nantucket, with an immense fleet employing more than 10,000 people.

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