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Driveboats

Scope note

Pulling boats used in menhaden fishing to drive the fish into nets, usually 12 to 13 feet long and carried aboard menhaden steamers to the fishing grounds.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000253222

Broader Terms used

<net fishing vessels>

Equivalent Terms used

driveboat

Created

13yrs ago

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