Breakwater Hotel, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Built in the 1860s to house workers at the nearby Pacific Guano Company factory. Converted to a hotel in the 1890s, razed in the 1960s.
> The Breakwater Hotel was built in the 1860s at the beginning of Long Neck (presently Penzance Point) to house workers at the Pacific Guano Company factory located farther along the road. The Guano factory went bankrupt in 1889 and Long Neck was bought by developer Horace Crowell. He moved the dormitory and turned it to face Great Harbor.
> The fertilizer manufactured by the Pacific Guano Company was composed of bird guano imported from islands in the Pacific, processed local menhaden, pogy and other small local fish, and sulfur also brought by ships from Italy.
> The village was changed dramatically by the building of the Guano Company, located on “The Neck” (later called Penzance Point), the most western point of Woods Hole. Many workers, about 200, mostly Irish Catholic, were hired by the Company and added greatly to the population of Woods Hole. Boarding houses, and many modest homes were built to accomodate the workers. A new Roman Catholic church was built for them (St. Joseph on Millfield Street). An very unpleasant side-effect of the manufacturing process was the stench of fish gurry which blew over the village on the prevailing winds
Capnmolassessays
>guano
Bet it smelled lovely
deadbeef4says
Now you listen to me, Colonel Bat Guano, if that is your real name!
Paranoidassays
Pacific Guano factory? In Massachusetts? I’m very confused by this company’s product and location.
sverdrupian says
sauce (Woods Hole Museum)
> The Breakwater Hotel was built in the 1860s at the beginning of Long Neck (presently Penzance Point) to house workers at the Pacific Guano Company factory located farther along the road. The Guano factory went bankrupt in 1889 and Long Neck was bought by developer Horace Crowell. He moved the dormitory and turned it to face Great Harbor.
and about those guano works
> The fertilizer manufactured by the Pacific Guano Company was composed of bird guano imported from islands in the Pacific, processed local menhaden, pogy and other small local fish, and sulfur also brought by ships from Italy.
> The village was changed dramatically by the building of the Guano Company, located on “The Neck” (later called Penzance Point), the most western point of Woods Hole. Many workers, about 200, mostly Irish Catholic, were hired by the Company and added greatly to the population of Woods Hole. Boarding houses, and many modest homes were built to accomodate the workers. A new Roman Catholic church was built for them (St. Joseph on Millfield Street). An very unpleasant side-effect of the manufacturing process was the stench of fish gurry which blew over the village on the prevailing winds
Capnmolasses says
>guano
Bet it smelled lovely
deadbeef4 says
Now you listen to me, Colonel Bat Guano, if that is your real name!
Paranoidas says
Pacific Guano factory? In Massachusetts? I’m very confused by this company’s product and location.