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Maritime Salem & the China Trade

Wharves, warehouses, and the port that built a fortune

Self-guided walking tour in Salem · 2.7 mi · walking · ~1h 49m · 7 stops

About this walk

Wharves, warehouses, and the port that built a fortune

The sea made Salem rich, and it took plenty back. The waterfront still shows both. Seven stops over 2.7 miles, about an hour and a half of walking. The story for each stop plays as you arrive, so nothing has to be looked up and nobody has to be followed.

Salem has nine MassRoam tours and no two cover the same ground. It works as well at eight in the morning as it does at dusk. Stop for coffee, pick it back up.

What you get

Stops

each narrated, GPS-triggered along the route

Distance

2.7 mi

walking

Time

1h 49m

at your own pace

Access

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