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Last modern whaling station in North America

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The last modern whaling station was not the one in Coal Harbour. One existed in Richmond, California until 1971. See Webb, R. L. 2001. “Power Whaling: Industrial Shore Whaling on the West Coast 1905-1972.” In Whale Hunters on Western Shores. Mains’l vol. 37 no. 1. He gives the wrong date (1972 instead of 1971), but gives a good overview of modern whaling on the west coast of North America. Jonas Poole (talk) 03:52, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, that was the last station on the west coast. There were a few stations in Newfoundland and Labrador until 1972. My mistake. Jonas Poole (talk) 03:55, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Steam engines ?

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"powered by two WWII US destroyer steam engines" - sound more likely that it was powered by two US destroyer steam boilers. (Most of the steam used in a whaling factory is used for cooking. Mechanical power was generated by small steam enginens, placed wherever power was needed.)

Abu ari (talk) 15:24, 9 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]