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Watts' Cellar

Essex County · dedicated 1930 · Merrimac Street at Market Square, Newburyport · location approximate

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Near this spot was "Watts' Cellar," a landmark before the settlement of Newbury in 1635. An excavation, used for the storage of fish by fishermen who visited the New England coast.

1930 text, presented as a historical document.

Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library

Marker data: Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission, 1930 (Commonwealth of Massachusetts)

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