William
H. Tripp Collection T-342 [T-342 Mincing Blubber]
Mincing Blubber
William H. Tripp (1880-1959, American)
MINCING BLUBBER
The huge blanket-pieces were cut into progressively smaller
sizes before being placed into the hot trypots. Here the
crew minces the blubber into “bible leaves,” which
were cut almost through but which still remained connected
at the skin end, like the pages of an oversize book -- thereby
exposing a larger surface area to the heat of the tryworks. |
