Navy Yard, Chas'n - Charleston, Boston Mass.
Navy Yard, Charlestown. Showing two large ship houses, a three masted schooner, and two side wheelers with sails. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Ships model, 1815 or so - Charleston, Boston Mass.
Ships model, 1815 or so. Named U.S.S. Portsmouth and labeled as by Josiah Barker, naval constructer U.S.N., from the lines of the privateer "Union" built by him at Charlestown, 1815. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
American S.S. Savannah - Charleston, Boston Mass.
American S.S. Savannah. The first steam (and sail) ship to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Built in New York as a sailing vessel, and later fitted with steam engine and removable paddle wheels. Crossed from savannah ... More
Navy Yard in 1823 - Charleston, Boston Mass.
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The frigate "Constitution" at Charlestown Navy Yard - Charleston, Bost...
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U.S.F. Constitution in 1834 - Charleston, Boston Mass.
U.S.F. Constitution in 1834. Moored between the U.S. 74's Columbus and Independence at the Charlestown Navy Yard in June. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Cover of Nicholson's "Quick step" - Charleston, Boston Mass.
Cover of Nicholson's "Quick step." Shows square rigger firing cannon. Navy Yard and Bunker Hill Monument in the background. The typical ship's house of this period shows five tiers of windows. Courtesy of Bosto... More
Oxen in Navy Yard - Charleston, Boston Mass.
Stereoscopic view in "Boston and Neighborhood Descriptive" series. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Charlestown Navy Yard with two square rigged ships and one steamship
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View in Navy Yard, showing Bunker Hill Monument and the training ship,...
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Circular building in Boston Naval Shipyard - Charleston, Boston Mass.
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Munitions at Charlestown Navy Yard - Charleston, Boston Mass.
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Carved eagle from the U.S.S. Niagara - Charleston, Boston Mass.
Carved eagle from the U.S.S. Niagara. The figure weighs 2200 pounds and is made of white pine. She was purchased by a private citizen in 1885 when the ship was sold at public auction. She was returned to the Na... More
Photograph of Dry Dock #2 - Charleston, Boston Mass.
Photograph of Dry Dock #2. Shows Bunker Hill Monument [back left]. Begun in 1899; first ship placed in the dock was U.S.S. Maryland in 1905. Dock is 800 feet long and 112 feet wide and can be filled in one hour... More
Ancient cannon in Ordnance Park in the Boston Naval Shipyard
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Ordnance Park, Charlestown Navy Yard - Charleston, Boston Mass.
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Launching of U.S. steamer Merrimac - Charleston, Boston Mass.
Launch of the United States steamer Merrimac. From the Navy Yard, Charlestown. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
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U.S.S. Chesapeake at Navy Yard - Charleston, Boston Mass.
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Vessel in Dry-Dock No. 1 - Charleston, Boston Mass.
Vessel in Dry-Dock No. 1. The dry-dock is especially worthy of notice. It was begun in 1827 and completed in 1833. The frigate Constitution was the first vessel that entered the dock for repairs. It is built of... More
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The battery, cannon, etc., Charlestown Navy Yard - Charleston, Boston ...
The battery, cannon, etc., Charlestown Navy Yard. Some of the naval stores -- piles of shot neatly arranged and painted for preservation, and long rows of artillery of every description. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
U.S.S. Constitution "Old Ironsides" - Charleston, Boston Mass.
U.S.S. Constitution "Old Ironsides." In 1830, a newspaper notice that the Secretary of the Navy had condemned her to be destroyed aroused a college student, named Oliver Wendell Holmes, just turned 21, to write... More
View of the U.S.S. Wabash, the training ship in the Charlestown Navy Y...
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Promenade lantern slide - Charleston, Boston Mass.
Promenade. Looking from lower end of ropewalk in the Boston naval shipyard. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
U.S.S. Vanderbuilt - Charleston, Boston Mass.
U.S.S. Vanderbuilt. A side-wheeler presented to the U.S. in 1861 by Commodore Cornelius (?) Vanderbuilt, a ship of 3360 tons, stout and swift, perhaps the most successful of the converted merchant ships. Equipp... More
"Old Ironsides" with all her spars set and not covered
"Old Ironsides" with all her spars set and not covered. Last active cruise 1879-81. Maintained as a training ship till her centennial in 1897. Cruised the Atlantic and Pacific home ports 1931-34. In service but... More
Comprehensive view of U.S. Navy Yard at Charlestown - Charleston, Bost...
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Floating lumber in Navy Yard - Charleston, Boston Mass.
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Ordnance Park in the Boston Naval Shipyard - Charleston, Boston Mass.
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Charlestown Navy Yard in 1851 - Charleston, Boston Mass.
Charlestown Navy Yard in 1851. As seen from the north side of Copp's Hill, Boston, and "is correct in every particular." On the right, in the extreme distance, are seen the hills, trees and spires of Chelsea, f... More
View of the interior of the Navy Yard, Charlestown - Charleston, Bosto...
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Deck of an American Line of battleship - Charleston, Boston Mass.
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Minute representation of American Line of battleship, with explanation...
Minute representation of American Line of battleship, with explanations. This ship of war has 5 decks namely, from top to the water-line, lettered: S, spar or maindeck; T, berth-deck; U, upper gun-deck; V, lowe... More
Royal mail S.S. America, leaving Boston - Charleston, Boston Mass.
Royal mail S.S. America, leaving Boston. These early steam vessels were built of wood and in the East India service were expected to last only 8 years (4 complete voyages). Iron had begun to be used by 1818 but... More
Hull of an American man-of-war cut open amidships from stem to stern
Hull of an American man-of-war cut open amidships from stem to stern. The sailors aloft, lined along the foot ropes of the main-yard are furling the mainsail. There are 5 decks running the length of the ship an... More
Navy Yard gate - Charleston, Boston Mass.
Navy Yard gate. Text says: "Yard covers about 70 acres. The portage on the harbor is about 5000 ft. The largest ships of the line can sail from the wharves fully fitted for sea. Average no. of men employed thru... More
Navy Yard ropewalk - Charleston, Boston Mass.
View of the ropewalk at the Charlestown Navy Yard. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Fire at Charlestown, and burning of the ship "Bell Rock"
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Parade grounds and barracks - Charleston, Boston Mass.
Parade grounds and barracks. "There are but 30 marines quartered there at present, sufficient for the duties of this well regulated establishment." The three-story house at each end of the marine barracks is th... More
S.S. Eastern City - Charleston, Boston Mass.
S.S. Eastern City. Built in New York for a Boston S.S. Co., and used in weekly run to Portland, Eastport, & St. John, New Brunswick. Her arched frame was a novelty, copied later on the California coast. Courtes... More
The New S.S. William Norris of Philadelphia - Charleston, Boston Mass.
The New S.S. William Norris of Philadelphia. This ship was designed to "ride on the water instead of ploughing through it." Her hull was of wood, but her keelsons of iron, and contained air chambers supposed to... More
Mess room of the marines - Charleston, Boston Mass.
Mess room of the marines. Text says: "The system of messing is so conducted that the 'mess room' affords all the comforts of a well-regulated boarding house. The cooking stove and dresser on the right are indic... More
Sleeping apartment of the marines - Charleston, Boston Mass.
Sleeping apartment of the marines. Text says: "Above each man's bedstead on a shelf are his knapsack and other traps. Probably there is no military service in the world in which the privates fare so well as in ... More
Yard of the marine barracks - Charleston, Boston Mass.
Yard of the marine barracks [Charlestown Navy Yard]. The marine drill ground. The guns at the left, like many of the veterans on the drill ground, had served on the plains of Mexico. "The various arrangements o... More
View from Charlestown Navy Yard - Charleston, Boston Mass.
View from Charlestown Navy Yard. Vessel in foreground is the Cumberland, a sloop of war and flagship of the African squadron. In the background at the left is the Fitchburg R.R. Depot. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Dry-Dock No. 1 in Boston Naval Shipyard - Charleston, Boston Mass.
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Entrance to Boston Naval Shipyard - Charleston, Boston Mass.
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Commandant's avenue in the Boston Naval Shipyard - Charleston, Boston ...
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Yacht America in the U.S.S. Navy - Charleston, Boston Mass.
Yacht America in the U.S.S. Navy. U.S. practice ships "Marion" and line of battleship "Ohio" in the background. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Charlestown Navy Yard in 1864 - Charleston, Boston Mass.
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Rows of anchors in Charlestown Navy Yard - Charleston, Boston Mass.
Rows of anchors in Charlestown Navy Yard. "Here are naval stores to the amount of $5,000,000; long rows of anchors varying in size from the smallest, weighing but a few pounds, to the largest, weighing more tha... More
Commandant's office in Navy Yard - Charleston, Boston Mass.
Commandant's office in Navy Yard. Showing some of the naval stores, to the amount of $5,000,000. Piles of shot are neatly arranged and painted for preservation. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Navy Yard from North End of Boston about 1870 - Charleston, Boston Mas...
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 ... More
The Captain Iron Clad - Charleston, Boston Mass.
The Captain Iron Clad, a ship with sails and engine, but screw propeller and metal hulls. From "Every Saturday," published in Boston by Fields, Osgood and Company, dated April 16, 1870. Iron vessels have been f... More
The old style and the new - Charleston, Boston Mass.
The old style and the new. The compound engine was not successfully adapted to marine work till 1854, and the triple expansion engine not until eleven years after this picture was published. Courtesy of Boston ... More
Deck of the U.S.S. Wabash, 1876-1912 - Charleston, Boston Mass.
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Receiving ship Wabash, Navy Yard 1876-1912 - Charleston, Boston Mass.
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U.S. Navy Yard, with two ships houses and five ships in 1900
U.S. Navy Yard, with two ships houses and five ships in 1900. A little sailboat in the foreground. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
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Battleship in Boston Harbor - Charleston, Boston Mass.
Battleship in Boston Harbor. Hoosac grain elevator and Charlestown in left background. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Opening of Dry Dock No. 2, August 12, 1905 to U.S.S. Maryland
Opening of Dry Dock No. 2, August 12, 1905 to U.S.S. Maryland. Shows bow of vessel. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
U.S.F. Constitution about 1905 - Charleston, Boston Mass.
U.S.F. Constitution about 1905. Ship covered with wooden structure. Shows detail of the figurehead. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Warships and Old Ironsides in 1905 - Charleston, Boston Mass.
Warships and Old Ironsides in 1905. Ship has wooden structure built over the deck. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Opening of Dry Dock No. 2, August 12, 1905 - Charleston, Boston Mass.
Opening of Dry Dock No. 2, August 12, 1905. Showing stern of vessel. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Marine barracks, Navy Yard - Charleston, Boston Mass.
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The U.S.S. Constitution, Bunker Hill Monument in the distance - Charle...
The U.S.S. Constitution, Bunker Hill Monument in the distance. First cleared for sea, July 22, 1798. Engaged in war with Tripoli, 1803-1805. Under Captain Hull captures H.M.S. Guerriere on August 12, 1812. Unde... More