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  2. Sag Harbor Whaling Museum - Wikipedia

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    The museum is filled with the equipment of the whaling ships: guns, try pots, flensing knives, blubber spades, figureheads, and a large collection of scrimshaw carvings etched on whale ivory. In the Harpoon Room, harpoons line the walls along with whale vertebrae and shipbuilding tools. Elsewhere are paintings of 19th-century whale hunts. [1]

  3. Whaling in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Photo from circa 1920, showing a whaling cannon loaded with a harpoon and ready to fire An increase in the number of factory ships from 17 to 41, most of them deployed to the Ross Sea, saw total world whale oil production explode from 145,394 tons in 1926–27 to 601,392 tons in the 1930–31 season, while the British component went from 61,781 ...

  4. Lewis Temple - Wikipedia

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    Lewis Temple (1800 – 18 May 1854) was an American maker of items used in whaling, [1] blacksmith, abolitionist, and inventor. He was born in slavery in Richmond, Virginia, and moved to the whaling village of New Bedford, Massachusetts during the 1820s, where he worked as a blacksmith. He married Mary Clark in 1829 and they had three children.

  5. Old Tom (orca) - Wikipedia

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    The main attraction of the museum is the preserved skeleton of Old Tom. [6] [18] The museum is located on the northern side of Twofold Bay and is visited by 50,000 people annually. [18] The original Davidson whaling station in Kiah Inlet is accessible to view as well. [24] [18]

  6. History of whaling - Wikipedia

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    History of the American Whale Fishery from Its Earliest Inception to the year 1876. Castle. ISBN 978-1-55521-537-8. Sangmog Lee "Chasseurs de Baleines dans la fries de Bangudae" Errance, (2011) ISBN 978-2-87772-458-6; Stoett, Peter J. The International Politics of Whaling (1997) online edition Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine

  7. Whaling in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Commercial whaling in the United States dates to the 17th century in New England. The industry peaked in 1846–1852, and New Bedford, Massachusetts, sent out its last whaler, the John R. Mantra, in 1927. The whaling industry was engaged with the production of three different raw materials: whale oil, spermaceti oil, and whalebone. Whale oil ...

  8. Toggling harpoon - Wikipedia

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    The toggling harpoon is an ancient weapon and tool used in whaling to impale a whale when thrown. Unlike earlier harpoon versions which had only one point, a toggling harpoon has a two-part point. One half of the point is firmly attached to the thrusting base, while the other half of the point is fitted over this first point like a cap and ...

  9. Harpoon - Wikipedia

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    Inuit hunter with harpoon in Kayak, Hudson Bay, c. 1908–1914 Unaaq ᐅᓈᖅ, a harpoon used by Inuit, 172 cm (68 in; 5.64 ft) long, MHNT. A harpoon is a long, spear-like projectile used in fishing, whaling, sealing, and other hunting to shoot, kill, and capture large fish or marine mammals such as seals, sea cows, and whales.