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Time capsule from Harwich to Antarctica on RSS Sir David Attenborough • Oct. 7, 2024, 11:10 PM ET (BBC)

Harwich, town (township), Barnstable county, southeastern Massachusetts, U.S. It lies on the southern coast of Cape Cod. Named for Harwich, England, it was settled about 1655 and incorporated in 1694. Once a whaling and shipbuilding centre, its economy is now based largely on cranberry cultivation and summer tourism. Among the villages in the town are Harwich Port (Harwichport), which has a yacht basin, East Harwich, and Harwich Center. The town’s old powder house, built in 1770, was used during the American Revolution. A horse track at Harwich Port, once a centre of sporting activity on Cape Cod, was destroyed by ...(100 of 137 words)

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