Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1902 — Whaling Industry Falling Off. [ARTICLE]

Whaling Industry Falling Off.

Only about forty of the 736 American vessels in the whaling Industry in 1846 remain in active pursuit of the animal to-day. Practically all the big fleet sailed from New Bedford.