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John Pool, the second settler in Sandy Bay (Rockport), built the settlement’s first framed house there in 1700. He also built the first sawmill, bridge, and vessel in the settlement, and he furnished the lumber used in building Long Wharf, Boston, in 1710.
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Rockport, Massachusetts · United States