Another great installment! I had to check the map for myself, and maybe it's my imagination, but it sure looks like you can follow the cutout for the Reid Drydock from your contact's property all or most of the way to the south. It's open to the river on one side now, but the shoreline seems to match. It looks like the bit to the north was filled in completely. I live a hop, skip and a jump from there. It must have been quite a sight to see ships in the Drydock from Military Ave. On another note, I used to live next to the Bean Dock, and according to one of the early Directories, the street address was near the home of one Capt. Edmund Fitzgerald - not the father, but I think it was his son, if not his grandson. I had it in mind that it was on the site of the medical offices at Beard and Military, but if the street numbers have changed, then it's a mystery where the house was located. I can't remember the local Fitzgerald lineage exactly, but there were two or three Edmunds, and then Thomas, who was a physician. Thomas was either the grandson or great-grandson of the first Edmund, the one who came from Ireland and established the shipyard here. This is only of interest to my mother's family, but Thomas delivered eight or nine of grandma's ten babies. All but three of the babies were girls. Of the boys, the first was named for his dad (my grandpa) and my grandpa's brother. The second was named for his paternal great-grandpa and another of grandpa's brothers, and the third was in a tug of war between both grandpas, who both wanted the baby named after them. And then the doctor took offense because they hadn't named a son for _him_ yet! Dr. Fitzgerald was close to the family, being my grandma's godfather (or sponsor) when she was baptized as an adult. So to honor all of them, my uncle ended up with three names, being named after both of his grandfathers and after the doctor who delivered him. May they all rest in peace.
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