756 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. [H2] 



Trawl anchor. (Small size.) 



Galvanized iron. Length of shank, 18 inches; stock, 17 inches; 

 spread of flukes, 10 inches. 56,856. Common type of anchor 

 in general use among New England fishermen. Sizes used on 

 trawls vary from 5 to 25 pounds. 



Trawl anchor. (Common style.) 



Iron; black; iron stock; ring parceled, and beckets of buoy-line 

 bent to it. Length of shank, 3 feet; stock, 2 feet 8 J inches; 

 spread of flukes, 16£ inches. Gloucester, Mass., 1883. 54,517. 

 U. S. Fish Commission. Used for anchoring trawl-lines, boats, 

 and nets. 



Mushroom anchor. 



Black iron. It has no flukes, but a circular foot, formed of a wide 

 band of iron attached to, and supported on, the ends of four 

 stout arms which curve sharply upward from the crown. It 

 has no stock, as the foot is always ready to take hold. Eye at 

 top for rope to bend in. Length of shank, 4 feet 5 inches; 

 diameter of foot, 2 feet 5 inches. Provincetown, Mass., 1879. 

 36,044. Collected by G. Brown Goode. Used by small vessels 

 employed in catching mackerel with gill-nets. 



Dory grappling. 



Galvanized iron grappling, with 4 prongs; no stock; ring and 

 thimble at top of shank. Length of shank, 17 inches; spread 

 of prongs (point to point), 17 inches. Middletown, Conn. 

 25,163. Presented by Wilcox, Crittenden & Co. Used for 

 anchoring dories on rocky bottom. 



Boat grappling. 



Black iron; roughly made; four prongs, formed by two pieces of 

 pointed square iron rods passing at right angles to each other 

 through the shank near its lower end. No stock. Length of 

 shank, 2£ feet; spread of flukes, 13J inches. Provincetown, 

 Mass., 1882. 54,304. Gift of A. E. Crittenden, Middletown, 

 Conn. Used chiefly on Virgin Eocks, and on Eocky Bottom, 

 Banquereau, for anchoring dories. The prongs being small and 

 easily bent, the anchor can be pulled clear when caught be- 

 neath a rock. 



Grappling anchor. 



Galvanized iron; four prongs; no stock; ring in upper end of 

 shank. Length, 19 inches; spread of prongs, 15£ inches. 

 Middletown, Conn. 56,859. Made by Wilcox, Crittenden & 

 Co. Used for anchoring nets or boats. 



