Piscataqua Houseboat on the Move
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193cu.jpgStrawbery Banke Presents
HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH #193

In 1973 the home of Revolutionary War patriot Joshua Wentworth was moved to Strawbery Banke by barge. The 1770 structure was a gift of Harry Winebaum, a newspaper distributor. Winebaum had begun his career in Portsmouth as a "newsie" while living in the Jewish community at Puddle Dock. He watched nervously from shore as a tug nudged the barge under the upraised section of Memorial Bridge.

 

 

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This image from the book STRAWBERY BANKE:
A Seaport Museum 400 Years in the Making
by J. Dennis Robinson
(c) Strawbery Banke Museum Collection

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