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Survival of A People: Using our Natural Resources 1875-1975
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Edgar Whitenect knits a trap head .
55 of 107 		Ted Thurber shows a bouy and coil of rope attached to a lobster trap.
56 of 107 		This is an example of the type of container used by fish plants to 'can' cooked lobster meat.
57 of 107 		Fisherman's needles used to knit trap heads or repair nets.
58 of 107 		Swivels attached to the lobster traps.
59 of 107 		Floats used with lobster traps. The corked bottle has sometimes been termed a 'poor man's float'.
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Cork floats used with lobster traps.
61 of 107 		Wooden bouy used in lobster fishing. They attached to the lobster trap.
62 of 107 		Log Lines used to determine the speed of a vessel
63 of 107 		Lantern holders
64 of 107 		A lantern used in the 30s on boats to warn of their position on the water.
65 of 107 		Sextant
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Patents, used for easy access to hooks and gangions (line that holds hooks) on trawl lines.
67 of 107 		Oars, used for rowing boats.
68 of 107 		Trawl roller
69 of 107 		Double 'shive block'.
70 of 107 		A 'marlin'
71 of 107 		A sounding device. Instrument, used to measure the depth of the water that the boat was sailing in.
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