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MIKE SPRINGER/Staff photo
Pete Russell works on the propeller of the Iron Maiden, an 81-foot long swordfishing boat currently in dry dock at Gloucester Marine Railways on Rocky Neck. Based in Boston, the Iron Maiden is visiting the Railways for routine maintenance. Russell is shown removing a tangled wad of thick, 800-pound test monofilament fishing line that had wrapped around the propeller shaft

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