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Longshoremen's Rest
A seamen's sanctuary between shape-ups
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Joe Doyle
Opened in 1910 by the Church Temperance Society as an alternative to the waterfront's many saloons, providing a place for longshoremen to go between shape-ups to read, play shuffle-board, or simply rest. During 1914, the daily average was 424 visits.

