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These shots were from a visit a to the wharf last year
The Mattapoisett Town Wharf has five publicly accessible wharves: Mello Wharf, Middle (Makuch) Wharf, Long (Brownell) Wharf, Holmes Wharf, and Barstow Wharf (next to Mattapoisett Town Beach).
The history of this wharf goes back to the height of the Whaling boom in New Bedford these granite structures were built in the 1800s, back them Mattapoisett was the center of a busy and thriving shipbuilding industry.

This Swordfish Weathervane is at the end of Long Wharf and was from what I can find out online made somewhere in the 1920's and is modeled after a Swordfish captured by the owner of the property, who had this weathervane created.
It was on a boathouse that Mr Hinsdale owned and was washed away in a Hurricane in 1938,after the Hurricane the Swordfish was stored away till the 1950's when it was gifted to the Town of Mattapoisett and erected at the end of the Long Wharf

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It is quite prominent and can be seen from most locations around the wharf

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and even spotted although on this photo you may have to squint to see it from the little park near the wharf.

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and a last shot to finish off the post looking down Long Wharf

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And that’s all folks

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