Sag Harbor
Long Island, New York
Customs House
Whaling Museum
(designed in 1845 by Minard Lefeuer as a home for
wealthy whaling ship owner, Benjamin Huntting)
(note the roof crenellations of harpoons and blubber spades)
Sag Harbor, New York is one of the 70 American ports which sent out whalers. The peak year for American whaling activity was 1846, when 736 vessels and 70,000 people were engaged in the industry. In terms of production, however, sperm oil peaked in 1843, at 19,909,100 liters (5,260,000 gallons), whale oil at 43,821,540 liters (11,593,000 gallons) in 1845, and whalebone at 2,560,356 kg (5,652,000 lb) in 1853.
Text from Microsoft Encarta
Captain's residence
Old Whaler's church
(built by shipwrights)
Tiffany windows at Christ Episcopal church
a residence
