Questions From Bill Hubbard

Hi, Joey,
As an ex-gloucesterman and artist I look at thousands of local pictures and maps.  I know that the East Gloucester Ferry ran from the railways on Rocky Neck to about where the Coast Guard Base is today.  But I’ve never seen a picture of the Ferry which someone told me was Little Giant.  Wonder if any of your eaders could send in one to GMG?  Also, there are a number of sizable granite piers on Lobster Cove in Annisquam and I know it was frequented by coasting and fishing schooners in the past.  I’d like to now when the wooden(now footbridge) was built and, it it originally had a span that opened.  I hope one of your readers can answer that too.
Bill Hubbard

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2 Responses to Questions From Bill Hubbard

  1. E.J. says:

    Built in 1861 to cross Lobster Cove, the bridge was added to the National Historic Register of Historic Places in 1983. It is a wood pile bridge. Looking at old photos of the bridge, it did not appear to open, nor does it today.

  2. Bill Hubbard says:

    Thanks, EJ. I remember driving over it sometime in the mid or late 1940s but couldn’t remember a span that opened.

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