Excavation for buttresses

Item Information

Title:
Excavation for buttresses
Description:
View of gasholder excavation site and hoisting mechanism at Commercial Point Station; cart, lumber, trees, house and Dorchester Bay in background.
Contributor:
Boston Gas Light Company
Date:
June 27, 1887
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Boston College
Collection (local):
Boston Gas Company
Subjects:
Bays--Massachusetts--Boston
Columns, Iron and steel--Massachusetts--Boston
Dwellings--Massachusetts--Boston
Gas companies--Massachusetts--Boston
Gasholders--Maintenance and repair--Massachusetts--Boston
Handcarts--Massachusetts--Boston
Lumber
Trees--Massachusetts--Boston
Boston Gas Light Company
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Dorchester
Commercial Point (Boston, Mass.)
Dorchester (Boston, Mass.)
Dorchester Bay (Mass.)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 image)
Link to Item:
https://hdl.handle.net/2345/9241
Terms of Use:
This photograph from the Boston Gas Company Records is in the public domain. No copyright permissions are needed. Acknowledgement of the Boston Gas Company Records as a source for borrowed images is requested.
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Notes:
Forms part of the Boston Gas Company Records. Original photographic print (cyanotype ; image 15 x 20 cm., on sheet 34 x 21 cm.) found in Box 40, Folder 4. Original image not held by Boston College.
Identifier:
2345/9241
81488931740001021
99137906033301021