“Charles w!* Morgan!” this
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Old Whaler To Become A
Museum
Papeete. Jan. 20.
ALONGSIDE one of the wharves at New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA, lies the oldest American whaler afloat.
Built in 1841, of oak, copper-fastened, and named after her owner, “Charles W.
Morgan,” she cruised the southern waters for 80 years in search of whales, and her success contributed greatly to the pros perity of, early New Bedford.
Now, the Marine Historical Association of Mystic, Conn., is spending $50,000 to recondition the whaler so that she may be used as a museum for the American nation, so they will not lose the last evidence of a once great industry.
“Charles w!* Morgan!” this
P° r t a few days prior to the great cyclone of February 6 and 7, 1906.