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Belltower

The Leeside

Sam Cahoon

Buckminster Fuller Dome

Pacific Guano Company

Rum Running

Woods Hole Passage

Fisheries

WHOI

MBL

Geodesic domes are throwbacks to the days of hippy communes and off-the-grid living, but they got their start in Woods Hole. In 1953, at the invitation of local architect Gunnar Peterson, Buckminster Fuller came here and constructed the world's first free-standing commercial dome -- a geodesic restaurant.

"The Dome" is located on the hill overlooking Little Harbor, visible on the north side of Woods Hole Road.

 

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