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| Keywords: Cape Cod Oil Works 1891.jpg en Written on this photograph is the following inscription Cape Cod Oil Works opposite Provincetown meaning 'on Long Point' Mass Old hulk used as fertilizer screening house ”Worth 1891 Bottom inscription added later reads Condemned by Dr Moore 2/6/1919 Image ID fish6914 NOAA's Historic Fisheries Collection Credit Gulf of Maine Cod Project NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries; Courtesy of National Archives <br /> From the EXIF data RG 22-C Records of the U S Fish and Wildlife Service U S Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries Cyanotypes Commercial Fishing Activity in the United States 1882-1891 Massachusetts Box 1 of 2 United States Fisheries Heritage Digital Collection 1891 NOAA's Historic Fisheries Collection http //www photolib noaa gov/htmls/fish6914 htm Archival Photographer Stefan Claesson 42 028533 -70 174181 region US-MA_heading SSW_scale 1000 <br /> The Cape Cod Oil Works was built on Long Point after the U S military ceased occupation of the artillery batteries The following is excerpted from Long Point Cape Cod Even though the Army had moved out they retained title to the land Nevertheless at around the same time that the lighthouse was rebuilt the Cape Cod Oil Works built a cod fish oil and whale oil factory in the area that had been the barracks As the land was still a military reservation the Army tried to have the factory removed a number of times in the ensuing years Records from this period are scarce but Army archives indicate that the factory was still operating in 1883 Another source from 1890 says 'John Atwood built a wharf on the north side of the point which is standing to-day used by the Cape Cod Oil Works the only buildings now left excepting the lighthouse ' The exact date of the factory's closing is unknown but official Army correspondence in 1917 makes no mention of it PD-USGov-NOAA PD-old-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Provincetown Massachusetts Long Point Light Fish oil Whale oil Fish processing Fish processing in the United States 1891 in the United States | ||||
