131A Commercial Street

Flyer’s Boat Rental | Flyer’s Boat Shop. Yes, Flyer’s will rent you a 24-foot Bentley pontoon boat that seats 12, Continue reading →

131A Commercial Street

Flyer’s main building. The heart of the Flyer’s Boat Shop and Flyer’s Boat Rental operations may be out on the Continue reading →

131A Commercial Street

Flyer’s boat rental shed. This small, gambrel-roofed structure illustrates the peril of trying to guess the age of wood-frame structures, Continue reading →

131A Commercial Street

Flyer’s marine railway. Four major marine railways were constructed in Provincetown in the modern era. Frank “Bisca” Taves (1905-1984) was Continue reading →

131A Commercial Street

Flyer’s dock. As the dragger fleet shrank and shrank in recent decades, so did the need for enormous marine railways Continue reading →

131A Commercial Street

Flyer’s pier (Proposed). In 2017, Francis John “Grassy” Santos applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for permission to Continue reading →

131A Commercial Street

Puritan Fish Freezing Company cold storage plant. The short-lived, five-story Puritan freezer, which opened in 1914, was the middle one Continue reading →

Puritan Cold Storage Pier

131A Commercial Street. The pier and pier shed constructed around 1914 to serve the Puritan Fish Freezing Company Cold Storage Continue reading →