www.PeterPereira.com Welders at Blue Fleet Welding in New Bedford, MA fabricate scalloper dredges for fishing boats across the world.
1manb_N8A2847 Roger Lemieux, fires up the blowtorch, to bend a piece of round metal for a scalloper dredge he is building at Blue Fleet Welding on Wamsutta Street in New Bedford, MA. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES
2manb_N8A2383 Matt Lemieux welds a scalloper dredge he is building at Blue Fleet Welding on Wamsutta Street in New Bedford, MA. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES
3manb_N8A2422 Matt Desrochers and Matt Lemieux work out what parts still need to be welded onto the scalloper dredge they are building at Blue Fleet Welding on Wamsutta Street in New Bedford, MA. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES
4manb_N8A2750 Matt Desrochers sends sparks flying as he cuts a piece of metal to be used on the scalloper dredge he is building at Blue Fleet Welding on Wamsutta Street in New Bedford, MA. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES
5manb_N8A2531 Roger Lemieux fabricates some parts for a scalloper dredge they are building at Blue Fleet Welding on Wamsutta Street in New Bedford, MA. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES
6manb_N8A3150 Roger Lemieux fabricates a scalloper dredge at Blue Fleet Welding on Wamsutta Street in New Bedford, MA. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES
7manb_N8A2547 Matt Desrochers lights up a blowtorch to bend some metal parts for the scalloper dredge he is building at Blue Fleet Welding on Wamsutta Street in New Bedford, MA. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES
8manb_N8A2679 Matt Lemieux fabricates a scallop dredge at Blue Fleet Welding on Wamsutta Street in New Bedford, MA. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES
9manb_N8A2594 Matt Lemieux insalls some rings in the scallop chain bag he is building at Blue Fleet Welding on Wamsutta Street in New Bedford, MA. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES
10manb_N8A2870 Roger Lemieux bends a piece of molten metal for a fabrication he is working on at Blue Fleet Welding on Wamsutta Street in New Bedford, MA. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES
11manb_N8A2728 Matt Lemieux sends sparks flying as he fabricates a scalloper dredge at Blue Fleet Welding on Wamsutta Street in New Bedford, MA. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES
12manb_N8A2943 Blue Fleet Welding on Wamsutta Street in New Bedford, MA. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES
13manb_N8A2779 Master welder, Sal Sequeira, cuts a piece of pipe to be used on a scallop dredge he and his team are building at Blue Fleet Welding on Wamsutta Street in New Bedford, MA. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES
14manb_N8A2827 Roger Lemieux heats a metal rod to be used in a scallop dredge he is making at Blue Fleet Welding on Wamsutta Street in New Bedford, MA. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES
15manb_N8A2886 Roger Lemieux, fires up the blowtorch, to bend a piece of round metal for a scalloper dredge he is building at Blue Fleet Welding on Wamsutta Street in New Bedford, MA. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES
16manb_N8A2921 Roger Lemieux cuts a metal rod he bent at Blue Fleet Welding on Wamsutta Street in New Bedford, MA. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES
17manb_N8A2931 Blue Fleet Welding on Wamsutta Street in New Bedford, MA. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES
18manb_N8A2971 Matt Desroches works on fabricating a scallop dredge at Blue Fleet Welding on Wamsutta Street in New Bedford, MA. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES
19manb_N8A3069 Matt Lemieux sends sparks flying as he fabricates a scalloper dredge at Blue Fleet Welding on Wamsutta Street in New Bedford, MA. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES
20manb_N8A3167 Roger Lemieux has lost the tips of two of his fingers in his over 30 years as a welder. Blue Fleet Welding on Wamsutta Street in New Bedford, MA. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES