I remember thru the later 60’s and 70’s shellfish harvesters wold be driving up 6a in Brewster to Cultured Clam with open trucks stacked with sacks of clams. Mostly quahogs. C.C. Would purchase the shellfish and put them into large saltwater holding pens to be kept fresh and sold at later times. In the early 70’s I spent part of one winter with a flatbed tractor trailer and loader cutting up scrapping all the old tanks, machinery, fishing gear, trucks and whatnot that had accumulated in the dunes from the early years of the company.
THIS is one of the excellent reasons dumping radioactive wastewater into Cape Cod Bay is a deeply stupid idea. The solution to pollution is not dilution, especially of it's radioactive. Feel apoplectic just thinking about it ...
Thanks for another great story about the history and life here on Cape Cod.
And thanks to you and all for such nice notes in return.
Thanks Seth for the wealth of information on the background of such an important Cape business.
I remember thru the later 60’s and 70’s shellfish harvesters wold be driving up 6a in Brewster to Cultured Clam with open trucks stacked with sacks of clams. Mostly quahogs. C.C. Would purchase the shellfish and put them into large saltwater holding pens to be kept fresh and sold at later times. In the early 70’s I spent part of one winter with a flatbed tractor trailer and loader cutting up scrapping all the old tanks, machinery, fishing gear, trucks and whatnot that had accumulated in the dunes from the early years of the company.
THIS is one of the excellent reasons dumping radioactive wastewater into Cape Cod Bay is a deeply stupid idea. The solution to pollution is not dilution, especially of it's radioactive. Feel apoplectic just thinking about it ...
Thank you!!