FISHERMEN'S OWN BOOK. 



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Gloucester Harbor, 1830. 



Above is given a view of the harbor taken from off the beach at the Cut 

 in 1830, which will be readily recognized by many who peruse these pages. 

 The old windmill which then occupied a position where the Pavilion Hotel 

 now stands, was for many years an important landmark in entering the 

 harbor. It was erected in 1814 by Mr. Ignatius Webber, a successful ship- 

 master, who retired from seafaring pursuits in 1807, and for three years 

 subsequently was connected with Messrs. Aaron and Henry Plumer in car- 

 rying on the ropewalk on Western avenue, which was built by Capt. Webber 

 and Aaron Plumer in 1803. The ropewalk was sold at auction about 1810 

 to Mr. John Somes, Jr., for $4,550. The windmill was removed to Com- 

 mercial street, near the Fort, when the Pavilion was erected, and was so 

 badly injured by fire July 5th, 1877, that it was sold and removed. The 

 ropewalk is plainly discernible in the foreground, and many a fine run, when 

 a lad, have we had barefooted over its smooth floor. There are many no- 

 ticeable changes in that vicinity, especially on the hill, which now shows 

 some very handsome dwelling houses. 



