Newburyport, a thriving shipping port in the 18th century, had not been on my childhood itinerary, and I had always wanted to see it.
These industries have largely vanished, but the port still thrives, shipping paper and pulp from Scandinavia for the newspaper industries of England and Scotland.
The original Thrive shipped with an 8GB version as well, but with the removal of a standard SD card slot on the little guy, Toshiba likely ditched the idea of an 8GB 7-incher.
Morgan City thrived on shipping, on oysters.
Brunswick's deepwater port supports thriving seafood and shipping industries.
When Claude, the eldest son of Adolphe Monet, a grocer, was five years old, the family moved to the Normandy coast, near Le Havre, where his father took over the management of his family's thriving ship-chandlering and grocery business.
Sporting a 10.1-inch display, the Thrive will ship with standard Android 3.1 Honeycomb.
The Victoria Street bar scene is thriving, with newcomers such as Revival (revivalbar.co.nz, below), made from old shipping containers and including a hair salon.
The canal, handed over by the United States to Panama in December 1999, has contributed $6.6 billion in revenue since then and the widening, to be completed in 2014 to allow larger ships to pass, is expected to keep the cash cow thriving.
Turned away by Spain and Turkey, the ship was slated to be broken up in India, which has a cheap, slapdash and thriving shipbreaking industry.
