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Patrick Henry Harrington's Business Card98 viewsFrom "MIDDLESEX COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE" (1927)
P. HENRY HARRINGTON - A native and lifelong resident of Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Mr. Harrington has been engaged there and in the surrounding territory for more than three decades with great success in the building and contracting business. He has been one of the chief factors in building up Graniteville and Forge Village, Middlesex County, the latter place especially owing the majority of its public and private buildings to his energy, ability, and enterprise. He is considered one of the leading contractors and builders in his section of the county and enjoys a very high reputation for integrity and for the high quality of all of the operations carried an by him and his organization. In spite of the heavy demands, which his constantly expanding business makes upon his time and energy, he has found it possible to take an effective part in the civic, fraternal, and religious life of Graniteville and Westford.
P. Henry Harrington was born at Westford, Middlesex County, March 7, 1872, a son of Patrick and Mary F. Harrington, the former a Civil War veteran, having seen three years' service with the United States Navy during this conflict, and far many years employed as a quarryman in Graniteville by the late William Reed. He died in November, 1885, and is buried in Lowell. Mr. Harrington was educated in the public schools of Westford and at an early age secured employment with Frank A. Orcutt, a prominent contractor of Lowell. Later he was connected for one year with P. T. McMahon, a contractor in Chelmsford, Middlesex County. In 1895 he established himself in the contracting and building business in Westford and Graniteville, in which he has continued ever since. He has been instrumental in the development of Graniteville and Forge Village. In the latter place he has erected mare than one hundred houses, representing about two-thirds of all the residences there. Many public buildings and factories have also been built by him, including several schoolhouses, a number of the buildings of the Abbot Worsted Company, moving picture theatres, etc. He also carries on an extensive jobbing and repair business. His operations cover an extensive area in Northern Middlesex County including such towns as Groton, Lowell, Pepperell and Concord. Far a number of years he has been a member of the Westford Finance Board and of the Board of Health. He is also a member of the Foresters of America, while his religious affiliations are with the Roman Catholic church, and more particularly with St. Catherine's Church, of Graniteville.
Mr. Harrington married, at Westford, June 15, 1899, Elizabeth J. Dunn, of Westford, a daughter of Thomas and Catherine (Digan) Dunn. Mr. and Mrs. Harrington are the parents of four children, all born in Westford:
1. Alice Elizabeth, born in April, 1900, a graduate of the public schools of Westford, Westford Academy, Notre Dame School of Lowell, and the Bryant & Stratton Business College of Boston, connected with her father's business as a bookkeeper and married to Philip H. Healy, of Graniteville, a son of Peter Healy.
2. Harold A, born March 12, 1904, a graduate of the public schools of Westford, Westford Academy, Chauncey Hall of Boston, and a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, class of 1928.
3. Henry D., born November 9, 1905, like his older brother a graduate of the public schools of Westford, Westford Academy, Chauncey Hall of Boston, and a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, class of 1928.
4. Edward F., born August 8, 1907, a graduate of the public schools of Westford, Westford Academy, St. John's Preparatory School at Danvers, and, in 1926, a student at Chauncey Hall, Boston. The family residence is located on Grass Street, Graniteville, where Mr. Harrington's business headquarters are also situated.
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HMS 'DEVONSHIRE"109 viewsIn late October 1941 Devonshire was in the South Atlantic, patrolling between Freetown and Simonstown, when trawlers of the South African Defence Force sighted a convoy of five French merchant ships, escorted by the French sloop D’Iberville, which was en route from vichy-held Madagascar into the South Atlantic and steaming well south of Cope Town. Devonshire, which was at Simonstown, was ordered to intercept and on 1st November she sailed south. Next day she rendezvoused with Colombo and the armed merchant cruiser Carthage, and they were later joined by Carnarvon Castle. The French convoy w
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112 viewsCastletownbere Regatta. August 2008
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Puxley's Mansion, photo taken July 2004158 views
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HMS "DEVONSHIRE"98 viewsDevonshire's first training cruise began in autumn 1947, when she visited the Irish port of Berehaven (Castletown Bere), in the beautiful setting of Bantry Bay on Ireland's south coast, the visit being hosted by the Irish Naval Service. From Ireland Devonshire steamed south to the Mediterranean where she visited Ajaccio, Malta and Mers el Kebir before returning to Devonport for Christmas. Over the next six years Devonshire's spring and summer cruises took; her to home and European ports, to the Mediterranean and, on occasions, to the Caribbean; for the cadets, they were the highlights of her
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Bere Island99 viewsView of Bere Island from Disert
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Dinish Bridge94 viewsDinish Island
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Crooha Middle77 views
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The New Hotel. Castletown Berehaven349 viewsLooking across from Cametringane in 1904Oct 24, 2010
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Puxley Mansion, Castletownbere 106 viewsView looking from facing top left window above front door of Puxley Mansion, CastletownbereJun 10, 2010
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Puxley Mansion, Castletownbere. 119 viewsAt present being rebuilt as a 5star Hotel to be known as the ‘Dunboy Castle Hotel’ (Photo taken June 2010)Jun 10, 2010
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Puxley Mansion, Castletownbere93 viewsView from the front door of Puxley’s Mansion, Castletownbere. (Dunboy Castle Hotel) June 2010Jun 10, 2010
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Hungry Hill79 viewsSeen Here from the East End of Bere IslandJun 09, 2010
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Tralahan Strand, Castletownbere65 viewsLooking out to Harbours MouthJun 09, 2010
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Garannes70 viewsJun 09, 2010
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Harbours Mouth, Castletownbere67 viewsJun 09, 2010
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Pipers Rocks66 viewsJun 09, 2010
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Pulleen Harbour71 viewsJun 09, 2010
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The Road to Rerrin71 viewsJun 09, 2010
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Dunboy Castle Hotel90 viewsSeen from Tir na HilanJun 08, 2010
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Roncarraig Lighthouse85 viewsTaken from sea, 1932Apr 25, 2009
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Kass Murphy 192993 viewsApr 25, 2009
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PJ & Rita Murphy 1926303 viewsPhoto taken by their daughter Kass, Jackson Park, Chicago. Rita - daughter of James & Margaret Sheehan.Apr 25, 2009
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Roncarraig Lighthouse 193292 viewsApr 25, 2009
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