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Location of industries from 1830 -1887
Industries present from 1830 to 1887, during the Whaling Period, were clustered along the shore of the lower harbor in New Bedford, with a smaller number in Fairhaven (on east side of harbor). Not all industries are marked on this map, just those that most likely would have released pollutants, primarily metal-related businesses, whale oil processing companies, and a few others. In 1998, one sediment core was taken in the lower harbor. See Fig. 16 and 20 for the profiles of contaminants in this core. The shoreline used for this figure was taken from an 1855 map by H. F. Hatting, Map of the Town of Fairhaven, Bristol County, MA.
