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2013-07-25-Gloucester, MA-Waterfront & Hammond Castle

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Jul 31, 2013
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2013-07-25-Gloucester, MA-Waterfront & Hammond Castle

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Glouster Waterfront

Fisherman lead dangerous lives. Almost 6,000 Glouster fisherma have lost their lives over the years.

The girls in front of the famous Gloucester fisherman statue

Fihermans memorial

The Gloucester fisherman who perished in the "Perfect Storm" in 1991

Gloucester promanade

A schooner off Gloucester

An old fish processing plant-Gloucester waterfront

The Fishermans statue

Ten Pound Island Light house, Gloucester (This quaint light is located on Ten Pound Island within Gloucester Harbor. The light was constructed in 1821 to mark the island and act as a marker for navigating Gloucester’s inner harbor. The island is easily visible from many locations along Gloucester’s waterfront. Tiny Ten Pound Island boasts housing America’s first coast guard station. The light has recently been completely restored by the Lighthouse Preservation Society.

Equal interval red light every 6 seconds.

The island is visible from many locations along Gloucester's harborfront. The only way to visit Ten Pound Island is via boat.

Gloucester Harbor)

A classic schooner off Gloucester

The girls inspect exhibits at Hammond Castle Museum

Oak doorway, Hammond Castle

Spiral Staircase, Hammond Castle

Crested shields, Hammond Castle

The Great Hall, Hammond Castle

The Great Hall, Hammond Castle

John Hays Hammond's massive organ, which he built himself by hand.

Suit of Armor, Great Hall, Hammond Castle

Burmese Buddhist ceremonial box, Great Hall, Hammond Castle

029 (A strange item in Mr. Hammond's collection of unusual artifacts-said to be the skull of one of Christopher Columbus's sailors)

Christ and the Apostles, The Great Hall, Hammond Castle

Nook off of the Great Hall (The eccentric Mr. Hammond would dress in monk's garb and occupy the seat in this nook where he read and study into the wee hours of the night)

Rose window and organ pipes, the Great Hall, Hammond Castle

View of the ocean from the Great HGall's side chapel

Side Chapel off of the Great Room (This was a favorite place for John Hammond and his wife Irene to relax and spend time together)

Laurie in the castle's indoor courtyard

Bronz statue of Mr Hammond commissioned by himself

The girl's gathered in the couryard, admiring Mr. Hammond's anatomy

Bonnie in the courtyard

The dining room

The girls enter Hammond Castle's dining room

The girls enter Hammond Castle's dining room

Admiring the unusual dining room

Eclectic influences in the courtyard

Pook in a reflective mood

The circular library. The room has unique acoustics.

A view out to the courtyard

The indoor courtyard

Detail-The courtyard

Bronze of Boston's Cardinal Cushing, a friend of John Hammond (Although raised an Episcopalian and not a religious man or church goer, Hammond left the Castle to Catholic Church in his will. The Church owned an operated the property until it ultimately donated it to a non-profit foundation.)

A rainy day in Gloucester and on the castle grounds

Guest bedroom, Hammond Castle

Tower-Hammond Castle

Exterior courtyard

Hammond collected many stained glass windows from Europe

Interior of one of the castle's towers

The so called Hammond Room

Bonnie in the Hammond Room

Pook in the War Room (John Hammond invented many weapons and navigational systems for the US Navy, including certain types of torpedoes. Later in life he felt some remorse about any role he may have played in the loss of life his inventions helped cause.)

Pook and Barb in the War Room

The Sistas illiminated in the War Room

Eagle, the symbol of St. John the Evangelist, in the Great Room

Rose window and organ pipes, Great Room

Castle exterior

Castle Keep and drawbridge

The exterior courtyard

Grumpy gargoyle

Leaving the castle

The rain continues to fall

Hammond Castle on the Ocean in Gloucester

The girls at the castle

Castle exterior

An unusual and very interesting place

Pook shoots the castle

The Nicols Candy House, a Gloucester institution since the '30s

Sweets with their sweets

When we passed this place on the highway, Georgia shrilly screamed "Stop! Pull off"

The seagull could be heard squawking "Go Irish"

Stocked up and ready to roll home

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