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The British Burned 27 Ships at This Landing. The Last Warehouse Is Still on the Dock.
On April 8, 1814, the British burned 27 ships at this Essex landing — the largest single American shipping loss of the war. The last steamboat warehouse on the river is still the building you walk into. Inside is a wooden submarine that failed to put a hole in a flagship.
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