Chebacco: The Boat that Built Essex
Author(s): Leland S Crawford
Year: 2018
Summary
Built to save a struggling New England fishing industry, the Chebacco boats were an amalgamation of ship features that rose to prominence after the time American Revolution. This is the boat that gave Chebacco Parish of Masschusettes, the power and influence to become the famous shipbuilding town of Essex. This talk will briefly cover the history and development, the features that make Chebacco boats unique, and finally, we will look at the Coffin's Beach site which shows the example of a Chebacco that was converted into a Pinky.
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Chebacco: The Boat that Built Essex. Leland S Crawford. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana. 2018 ( tDAR id: 441472)
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Keywords
General
New England
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Ship building History
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Ship Construction
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
1770-1840 AD
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 995