Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Company opens
- Date Range
- March 24, 1838 – March 25, 1838
- Title
- Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Company opens
- What occurred
- An act of incorporation, allowed the opening of the Cold Spring Harbor whaling company. This set up a thriving whaling industry in Cold Spring Harbor, that operated as the epicenter of the village's economy. This whaling period flourished in Cold Spring Harbor until 1862, when the last of the 9 whaling voyages that left from Cold Spring Harbor occurred.
- Location
- Cold Spring Harbor, New York
- Image Citation
- https://www.cshwhalingmuseum.org/mission--history.html
- Student name(s)
- Joey Libretti