Grimsby
Port town on the Humber estuary in Lincolnshire, England. In Cod it and neighbouring Hull become the great steam-trawling ports.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cod | Mark Kurlansky | journey waypoint | With nearby Hull, a base for steam trawlers fishing the North Sea and Iceland, then a casualty of the Cod Wars. |
Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World — Mark Kurlansky (1997)
Source: Cod · Original · Readwise highlight
These cod grounds turned the twin ports of Hull and Grimsby on the Humber River, traditional fishing towns, into major ports.
- Role: journey waypoint
- In the book: After the Silver Pits ground near Dogger Bank was found in 1837, the twin Humber ports of Hull and Grimsby boomed; a Hull yard built the steam trawler Zodiac in 1881. Their trawlers later fished Iceland and supplied cod-liver oil, and the ports declined after Iceland’s Cod War victories.
- Why it matters: Birthplace of steam trawling and a loser of the Icelandic limits.
- Real vs. fictional: Real; the text treats Hull and Grimsby together, and the pin is Grimsby.