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PACIFIC GUANO COMPANY: Guano, which comes straight out the back end of birds and bats, isn't the most glamorous of substances. But on the eve of the Civil War, fertilizer produced from guano became a full-fledged American industry right here in Woods Hole.

Located on Bar Neck Road between Woods Hole's Great Harbor and Buzzards Bay near the present location of The Woods Hole Yacht Club and nearby homes and wealthy estates.

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