Gloucester Draggers in Southwest Harbor

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Gloucester Draggers in Southwest Harbor

This photo shows the Gloucester draggers in Southwest Harbor - perhaps to avoid weather.
The boats seem to be tied up to the Stanley Fish Wharf on the Manset side of the harbor looking towards Greenings Island.

Ralph Stanley said the draggers used to come in to the harbor during the winter. They were fishing out by Mt. Desert Rock . They were red fishing. The motorboat in the foreground, the double-ender, was owned by J.L. Stanley Fisheries. She was built on Cranberry Islands. The wharf in the foreground was originally built by Horace Durgin around 1850. Some of this structure is now part of the Madeira (Tyson) dock. Harold Tyson had the house built (not seen in this picture). This house was designed by Gilchrist who had also designed the Ellsworth City Hall in 1933.

Ballard, W.H.

Paul Stubing Ballard Print Collection