Memories of Gloucester, 2001
Quick links: Gallery of all pictures, City Hall, Main Street, Harbor Loop, Man At Wheel statue on Stacy Boulevard, Stage Fort Park, The Atlantic Coast, Good Harbor and Wingaersheek beaches, Links to other sites.
Google Maps
I spent a while putting the pictures from this page on to Google Maps, in their (approximately) correct locations (probably best to view larger map to make best use of this way of touring Gloucester!):
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Entering Gloucester
Margaret and Ian Cull moved to Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA in 1996. Gloucester is a pretty town with history back to the 1600s; the fishing industry struggles to survive.
If you approach Gloucester along route 128, your first view of the city is over the salt marshes as you approach the A. Piatt Andrew bridge (which opened in 1950):
You must cross a bridge to reach Gloucester, either the Cut Bridge over the Blynman canal, or the A. Piatt Andrew bridge which carries Route 128:
Architecture
Church of Our Lady Of Good Voyage:
Church of St. Ann:
Main Street
(courtesy of Google Maps Street View, you can now “walk” along Main Street – click here!)
Harbor Loop and Harbor views
Fitz Hugh Lane House:
Sculpture of Fitz Hugh Lane:
Cape Pond Ice – made “famous” in The Perfect Storm – with the Paint Factory in the background:
The “Lady Grace” is the sister ship to the Andrea Gail, which was lost in The Perfect Storm; here you see it still “disguised” as it was used in the film:
Note “AG” on the buoys:
Near the Lady Grace the three seine boats are stored, ready for their next race in St Peters Fiesta: Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria:
Stacy Boulevard and the Man At Wheel
The Gloucester fishing industry has been struggling for centuries – recently with government restrictions on catches but historically against the elements. At Stacy Boulevard, there is a monument to the many lost souls (beautifully covered at the beginning of The Perfect Storm:
The new Fishermans Wives memorial erected nearby commemorates the families of the lost fishermen …
The cut bridge crosses the Blynman canal, separating Stacy Boulevard and all of Gloucester from the rest of America. Before the A. Piatt Andrew bridge (opened 1953), this little bridge was the only way off the “island” of Gloucester and Rockport! The original “cut” dates back to 1643; The Gloucester Guide offers interesting background reading.
Stage Fort Park
Along from Stacy Boulevard is another memorial in Stage Fort Park, dedicated to the original founders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1623, which became Gloucester:
The memorial plaque is on this large rock:
The Atlantic Coast
One of the most spectacular views of Gloucester is of the Atlantic Ocean, especially when a storm out at sea brings a heavy surf to the coast:
Good Harbor Beach also faces the Atlantic Ocean:
Another of Gloucesters beaches, Wingaersheek beach, is more protected:
