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Receptacles for menhaden. 



Fish-pens where the menhaden are received from steamer. Trough 

 leading to cooking tank. Pens empty, capacity 5,000 barrels. 

 Joseph Church & Co.'s factory. Tiverton, E. I., 1882. Photo. 

 1,987. U. S. Fish Commission. 



UNLOADING: CARGO OF MENHADEN. 



Dumping menhaden in fish-pens at Joseph Church & Co.'s factory. 

 Tiverton, E. 1., 1882. Photo. 1,993. U. S. Fish Commission. 



Menhaden cook-room. 



Cook-room with row of 23 tanks, total capacity 2,000 barrels. In 

 these tanks the menhaden are boiled in salt water, the oil 

 drained iuto the oil-room and the refuse or scrap pressed to re- 

 move the remaining oil. The scrap then goes to the scrap- 

 room for drying. Joseph Church & Co.'s factory. Tiverton, 

 E. I. Photo. 1,988. U. S. Fish Commission. 



Menhaden press-room. 



Press-room with presses for removing oil from cooked menhaden. 

 Joseph Church & Co.'s factory. Tiverton, E. I., 1882. Photo. 

 1,992. U. S. Fish Commission. 



Menhaden oil-room. 



Oil-room ; tanks holding a total of 800 gallons of oil. Factory of 

 Joseph Church & Co. Tiverton, E. I., 1882. Photo. 1,995. 

 U. S. Fish Commission. 



Menhaden guano-room. 



View of shipping-room at Joseph Church & Co.'s factory, showing 

 6,000 tons of menhaden scrap in piles and men bagging it for 

 shipment. Tiverton, E. L, 1882. Photo. 1,984. U. S. Fish 

 Commission. 



Menhaden oil industry. 



View on wharf at Joseph Church & Co.'s menhaden factory, show- 

 ing carboys of vitriol, used in the business. Tiverton, E. I., 

 1882. Photo. 1,983. IT. S. Fish Commission. 



Water pump. 



Steam pump for supplying cooking-tanks with salt water. Joseph 

 Church & Co.'s factory. Tiverton, E. I., 1882. Photo. 1,986. 

 U. S. Fish Commission. 



Engine for unloading vessels. 



Hoisting-engine used in unloading cargoes of menhaden at Joseph 

 Church & Co.'s factory -, unloads 300 barrels per hour. Tiver- 

 ton, E. I., 1882. Photo. 1,985. U. S. Fish Commission. 



