Navy Yard from North End of Boston about 1870

Title:: Navy Yard from North End of Boston about 1870
Description:: Navy Yard from North End of Boston about 1870. The dry-dock begun in 1827 and finished in 1833 of granite masonry 341 feet [80 feet] x 30 feet, cost $675,000. In the background at right is U.S. Marine Hospital on crest of a high hill in Chelsea near mouth of Mystic River. The Naval Hospital is at foot of same hill.
Collector:: Cutler, Wolcott, 1891-1965
Date:: [ca. 1870]
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Lantern slides
Location:: Boston Public Library
Charlestown Branch Library
Collection (local):: Charlestown Lantern Slides
Subjects:: Naval yards & naval stations
Charlestown Navy Yard (Mass.)
Places:: Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Charlestown
Boston Navy Yard
Extent:: 1 photograph : transparency
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Notes:: Title from materials accompanying item.
Image caption: The Navy Yard from East Boston.
Additional information accompanying item: From "Boston Illustrated," published by James R. Osgood & Co., 1872 (p. 118).
Notes (ownership):: Courtesy of Mr. Arthur F. Macey
Notes (historical):: Reverend Cutler was rector at St. John’s Church from 1924 to 1959 and most likely assembled this collection during that time.
Identifier:: CHA-124-A7