1853A Massachusetts law was passed requiring a harbormaster.Events & Anniversaries, Economy and Industry, Maritime & Fishing Industry, State Events

John Manning, Gloucester Harbour, Village, 1854, Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection, Boston Public Library, https://collections.leventhalmap.org/search/commonwealth:x633fb76q

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Gloucester City Archives, CC143, Box 48, FF 3

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1853
Street lights began to be recorded.

1853A Massachusetts law was passed requiring a harbormaster.Events & Anniversaries, Economy and Industry, Maritime & Fishing Industry, State Events

Other Events

JOHN HANDRAN - MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT by Pat Dalpiaz

Oliver Wendell Holmes gave a lecture at the Gloucester Lyceum

The first steam engine was used in quarries.

Street lights began to be recorded.