1870The Boston and Gloucester Steamboat Company began running regularly.Government and Public Service, Location and Setting, Transportation, Tourism

The Ferry Barn, c. 1920s Courtesy of Cape Ann Museum Library & Archives, Photo 11475

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The steamboat George A. Chaffee ran throughout the year.

Essex Institute, Thomas E. Babson. Evolutions of Cape Ann Roads and Transportation, 1623-1955: A Talk before the Cape Ann Historical Association, April 11, 1955. Oct. 1955. Vol. 91, no. 4. Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) ed. History of Essex County, Massachusetts, with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men. Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & Co., 1888, http://archive.org/details/historyofessexco01hurd.

Other Events

1870
The Tarr & Wonson Copper Paint Factory was built.
1870
The Cape Ann Granite Company provided an 18- by 7-foot slab of granite for the front steps of the Baptist Church on the corner of Pleasant and Warren Streets.
1870
The Hesperus Hotel in Magnolia was built.
1870
Professor, historian, and notable Gloucester resident, Alfred Mansfield Brooks was born.

1870The Boston and Gloucester Steamboat Company began running regularly.Government and Public Service, Location and Setting, Transportation, Tourism

Other Events

The Tarr & Wonson Copper Paint Factory was built.

The Cape Ann Granite Company provided an 18- by 7-foot slab of granite for the front steps of the Baptist Church on the corner of Pleasant and Warren Streets.

The Hesperus Hotel in Magnolia was built.

Professor, historian, and notable Gloucester resident, Alfred Mansfield Brooks was born.