Cost of Fish: Part Two – Change Comes to New England’s Fisheries
"Since the opening of railroad communication with Gloucester in 1846 [1847], but more particularly during the past dozen years, an immense business has been done in shipping fresh fish to all parts of the country, the orders being received daily by telegraph, and the fish being iced and shipped direct to distant customers."
The Fisheries of Gloucester: 1876
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