Photograph of Dry Dock #2

Photograph of Dry Dock #2

Item Information

Title:
Photograph of Dry Dock #2
Description:
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.
Collector:
Cutler, Wolcott, 1891-1965
Date:
[ca. 1850–1925]
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.
Notes (ownership):
Courtesy of the Boston Athenaeum
Notes (date):
Date from accompanying materials: Before 1925
Date supplied by cataloger.
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-127-C1