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Here's the Nobska Lighthouse which shines its intermitant beacon across Nantucket Sound from the tip of Nobska Point!
Nobska was originally spelled "Nobsque" and the original light that stands on that spot was built in 1829. This "more modern"
beacon was erected here in 1876.
Here's a view from the foot of St. Joseph's Bell Tower looking across Woods Hole's nautical inner sanctum, Eel Pond! The drawbridge on the Old Stone Bridge, which connects Eel Pond to the rest of the world, is known to bring all traffic in this little village to a complete standstill several times a day! Once a serene little spot, Eel Pond in now surrounded by the laboratories of the Marine Biological Labratory, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and The National Marine Fisheries Service. ( Links to web servers of the many scientific institutions around Eel Pond. )
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Predated in Woods Hole by The Fisheries by about twelve years, The Marine Biological Laboratory was established here in 1888. The MBL is the oldest private marine laboratory in America. Pictured on the right is The Candle House on Water Street, built in 1836, which now houses some of the MBL's offices. For more about the MBL, visit their home page...
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, known to most of us as WHOI (pronounced by the locals as "whooie"), was incorporated in 1930. WHOI is a private, non-profit research center which has grown to become one of the most famous and sophisticated oceanography facilities in the world. Pictured on the left is the R/V Atlantis II which schedule to retire some time this year. It's one of three big ocean-going research vessels owned by WHOI, soon to be replaced by larger and new vessel, Atlantis, any day now. For more about WHOI, visit their home page...
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If you plan to take a drive around New England's Island Paradise, Martha's Vineyard, you must first come to Woods Hole. The Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard And Nantucket
Steamship Authority (known to residents, mercifully, as the "SSA") lugs freight, cars, boats, bikes, pedestrians over to the island all year long.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to the overwhelming traffic jams island traffic can cause (you do NOT want to know about Independance Day Weekend of 1995), the Steamship
Authority has recently done away with what are known as "stand-by" tickets for vehicles on holiday weekends. You must have reservations on those days. In fact, it's
always a good idea to have reservations for your vehicles anytime between May and September. Pedestrians without vehicles do not need reservations
and there are ample shuttle buses operating on the Island during the summer months and plenty of taxis year-round. For more information and schedules, call the SSA at
(508) 477-8600.