Dan,
The location I referenced is in fact at the State Pier in New Bedford harbor. The actual whaling docks were from one pier north to three piers south of the state pier.
The Herman Melville story is based in New Bedford, but the actual real story is from the Nantucket based whaleship Essex, and the real name is Mocha Dick.
New Bedford is my hometown. I have lived there until I got married. Now I live 20 minutes north of New Bedford.
The long and Lat you referenced cannot exist. The minutes cannot be larger than 60, as there are only 60 minutes to one degree. So, where wver that location is, it is not New Bedford. It is somewhere around Woonsocket, Rhode Island. There was never any whaling done that far inland.