The Charles Cooper was an amazing wooden sailing ship built at the Hall Shipyard in Black Rock in 1856. Part of a sailing group known as "packet ships", its remains are the last surviving remains of this type of vessel. Packet ships carried both cargo and people in its cross-Atlantic voyages and were the first…
Black Rock Turns 375!
The year ahead promises great excitement for Black Rock, as the community gathers for events large and small to celebrate the 375th anniversary of the neighborhood’s founding. Visit the Events page for some of the many events planned.
Black Rock Community Council History Program 