The historic Seaman’s Bethel, where Herman Melville was inspired to write the novel Moby Dick, is a whaler’s church with a ship’s bow for an altar

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Size: 3872px × 2592px
Location: Seamen;s Bethel, New Bedford, Massachusetts, New England, USA
Photo credit: © James Kirkikis / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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