Creston E. at Crisfield

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=50 BGCOLOR="#333366" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Creston E. at Crisfield Maryland</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=165 BGCOLOR="#993300" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="132" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 35 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id100.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gannet at West Ocean City"><U><B><IMG SRC="007151d0.gif" border=0 width="21" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id125.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CANADA GEESE AT BLACKWATER"><U><B><IMG SRC="008151d0.gif" border=0 width="21" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="20"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="35" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="20" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id136.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Water Color Prints Matted for 14 x 18 or"><U><B><IMG SRC="00d0d1d0.gif" border=0 width="13" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="27"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <A HREF="id136.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Water Color Prints Matted for 14 x 18 or"><U><B>Return to water color and oil page</B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=430 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div>   <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT>           </div> <div> <B>The 35 foot </B><B>Creston E.</B><B>, shown here at the city dock at Crisfield, Maryland,  was built in 1952 in Deltaville, Virginia.  The </B><B>Creston E</B><B>. is a typical deadrise work boat common on the Chesapeake Bay used year round for  fishing the wide variety of seafood the Bay is famous for.  In this scene she is rigged for crabbing and has just unloaded a catch of crabs. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>In years past the city of Crisfield was known as the seafood capital of the world.  Today things are a bit slower, however, her seafood fishery heritage continues to be the major focus of the community and she remains a focal point of the seafood industry on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.  The Creston E. was retired a few years ago and no longer fishes these waters but work boats from Crisfield, Smith Island and Tangier Island remain abundant in this harbor.   The buildings along the right are relatively unchanged, however, the large building in the back which I understand was the old ice house, was scheduled to be torn down at some point.</B></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>