![]() ![]() Since the recent modernization of its harbour, Falmouth can welcome some of the largest passenger ships and has experienced a sort of “re-birth” as more visitors than ever arrive to discover the treasures this lovely town has to offer. On March 22nd, 2011 Jamaica had the grand opening of the Historic Falmouth Cruise Port (HFCP). Railway transportation was introduced into Western Jamaica in the 1890's, and because Falmouth could not handle steamboats, the town was bypassed for Montego Bay. Several attempts were made to deepen the harbour, but Falmouth never regained its former glory. These bulky vessels needed deeper waters to dock, and Falmouth Harbour was not deep enough. Steamboats began to arrive in Jamaica in the 1830's, and it signaled the end of Falmouth as a major port town. When Fort Balcarres was built adjacent to Charlotte Street, that function was transported there to hold these disorderly sailors.įort Balcarres has been the site of a primary school in recent years. The Stone Cage near to the harbour was built to hold these drunken, disorderly sailors. This encouraged many ships to dock at Falmouth Harbour, bringing with them a number of undesirable individuals, especially white sailors who were often drunk and disorderly. This meant that it was exempted from charging certain types of tariffs collected at other ports throughout the island. Many of them delivering slaves transported under inhumane conditions and loading their holds with rum and sugar manufactured by slave labour on nearby plantations.įalmouth was operating as a free port in the early 1800's. In the Falmouth Harbour as many as 30 tall-ships could be seen on any given day. ![]() Many slave ships arrived at this port, full of West African slaves who were auctioned off to local plantation owners This made Falmouth a central hub of the slave trade and the now notorious cross-Atlantic triangular trade. Jamaica, during this period, had become the world's top exporter of sugar. Within the parish, nearly one hundred plantations were actively manufacturing sugar and rum for export to Britain. It was a wealthy town in a wealthy parish with a rich racial mix. It was home to masons, carpenters, tavern-keepers, mariners, planters and others. The Port of Falmouth is a popular port-of-call for many cruise ships and is located on Jamaica's north coast in between the other major port cities of Montego Bay and Ocho Rios.įalmouth was founded in 1769 and named after a town of the same name in England.ĭuring the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Falmouth was one of the busiest ports in Jamaica. The cruise port of Falmouth is located in Trelawny, Jamaica (Caribbean).Īerial view of Falmouth Town using drone not a webcam.
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