Port Lore: Whaling, Pizza and a Perfect Storm
Providence, R.I. — New England’s ports are reinventing themselves to compete with one another and from larger ones, but they were once legendary. From one of the world’s great whaling ports to the Navy’s first submarine base and the city featured in The Perfect Storm, here is a look at their lore: Whaling in New Bedford One of the world’s great whaling ports of the 19th century, New Bedford, Mass., became wealthy as its whaling fleet...
