C— FITTINGS AND APPLIANCES FOR FISHING 

 VESSELS AND BOATS. 



29. Canvas used on fishing vessels. 

 Canvas. 



Samples of cotton canvas, showing the various grades used on fish- 

 ing vessels. Exhibited by the Old Colony Mills, Plymouth, 

 Mass. 



Canvas. 



Samples of cotton canvas, showing the various grades used on fish- 

 ing vessels. Exhibited by the Lawrence Mills Company. 



Canvas. 



Samples of cotton canvas, showing the various grades manufac- 

 tured for use on fishing vessels. Exhibited by the Eussell 

 Mills Company, Plymouth, Mass., N. Boynton & Co., agents, 

 Boston, Mass. 



Canvas. 



Samples of cotton canvas. Various grades used for sails on fishing 

 vessels. Exhibited by the Woodbury Mills, Baltimore, Md. 



30. Photographs of sail-loft and sail -maker's dwelling. 

 Sail-loft. 



Interior view of E. L. Bowe's sail-loft, with men at work making 

 sails for fishing vessels. Gloucester, Mass., 1882. (Photo. No. 

 2091.) U. S. Fish Commission. 



Sailmaker's house. 



House of George D. Wharf, sailmaker, Prospect street, Gloucester, 

 Mass., 1882. (Photo. No. 2052.) U. S. Fish Commission. 



31. Cordage used on fishing vessels. 

 Manila cable. 



Hawser-laid, tarred. Circumference, 8£ inches j length, 100 fathoms. 

 In coil as it comes from the factory. Exhibited by J. T. 

 Donnell, Bath, Me. Style of hawser used on New England 

 fishing vessels for anchoring on the banks. Schooners em- 

 ployed in cod and halibut fishing on the outer banks carry 

 from 200 to 425 fathoms of cable, and invariably ride by one 

 anchor on the fishing ground. The size varies with the ton^ 

 nage of the vessels, but this size is carried by schooners rang- 

 ing from 60 to 75 tons or more. 



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