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Construction of holder no. 2; : raising column
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Construction of holder no. 2; : raising column I.
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Construction of holder no. 2; : raising the first column
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Raising column III.
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Raising column IV.
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Auxiliary tanks for ammoniacal liquor
7.
Boring tar deposit out of standpipes
8.
Holder yard at Federal Street, Boston
9.
Construction of holder no. 2 ; : building inner section, in the tank
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Excavation; : from roof of engine-house
11.
Repairs on holder tanks; : siphon drawing from no. 2
12.
Repairs on tank no. 1; : outer section slung to the columns
13.
Construction of holder no. 2; : siphon (used for a shock lift) and boiler for pumps
14.
Pumping from holder tank no. 1
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Raising column : the rope swing
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Tank I, two large pumps going
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Thomas Mahan : temporary rodman
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Buttress work complete; Refilling : from roof of engine house
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111 Broadway; 2:40 P.M
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383 Broadway; South Boston, 10:45 A.M.
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453 Broadway; 2:00 P.M
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Boylston St. Front of Hotel Touraine Looking West 12:10 PM.
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Broadway west from G Street; southside No. 1, South Boston, 11:05 A.M
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Changing retorts by hand
25.
Construction site on the corner of West Chester Park and Newbury Street
26.
Corner of Chauncy St. & Lowe Place
27.
Corner of F Street; 1:55 P.M
28.
Corner of Tremont and Common Streets, 11:05 A.M
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Employee excavating outside of gas tank at Commercial Point Station
30.
Four laborers at retaining wall construction site
31.
Front 290 Cambridge St. 11:25 A.M
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Front of 284-290 Cambridge St., 11:11 A.M
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Front of 87 Beacon St. Looking West, 10:25 A.M
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Laborers at retaining wall construction site
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Opposite ladies entrance to the Parker House, 8:10 P.M
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Pipes underneath railroad tracks
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Pipes underneath railroad tracks
38.
Southeast corner of Washington and Oak Streets; 9:40 A.M
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Stack I; : feeding the furnace direct, with hot coke from rear of middle retorts
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Tremont Street in Front of Suffolk Bank, looking South, 2:38 P.M
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Tremont Street looking South from # 224, 3:20 P.M
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Tremont Street, northeast corner of Lagrange Street, Looking North, 3:03 P.M
43.
Auxiliary collecting tanks for tar; : J. Cuddihy holding rod
44.
Beginning walls of brick porch; : showing whole south end of retort house
45.
Beginning walls of brick porch to keep wind out of retort house while machine doors are open
46.
Building stack I; : masons begin brickwork
47.
Buttress construction complete : employees begin refilling
48.
Buttress work complete; refilling : employees at rest
49.
Drawing machine on elevated track
50.
Entering the round-house; : gearing is not yet on the car
51.
Filling coke-wagon for stack K with Dennis Carney
52.
Filling coke-wagon for stack K with McGillis
53.
Framing of inner section of gasholder
54.
Framing of inner section; outer section begun, on staging set of wall of tank
55.
Holder no. 2, completed; : from Plymouth Street
56.
Laborers setting tank; : Jim Maguire on far left
57.
Laborers setting tank using derrick
58.
Mason working on gasholder at Commercial Point Station
59.
Setting tanks
60.
Gas holder tanks and columns, Bay State Gas Company
61.
Construction site on the corner of West Chester Park and Newbury Street
62.
Employee working with hoisting device in trench at Soldiers Field Road, Brighton
63.
Employees lifting transformer
64.
Employees working on gas pipelines at Soldiers Field Road, Brighton
65.
Gas mains relocated at Cambridge Street and Soldiers Field Road, Brighton
66.
Installing forms for concrete roof of vault
67.
Lowering gas pipe into trench at Soldiers Field Road, Brighton
68.
Lowering transformer into new manhole in front of Charlestown office
69.
Night shift; : Street Department at corner of Harrison Avenue and East Berkeley Street
70.
Excavation for buttresses
71.
Excavation, to put in buttresses
72.
Pump delivering from tank I.
73.
Repairs on holder tank no. 1 : Outer section of holder lifted from its bearing
74.
Building stack I; brickwork started
75.
Buttress work completed; : view from south
76.
Coke on hand at beginning of year
77.
Commercial Point Works, from Dorchester Yacht Club's (Coulter's Wharf)
78.
Construction of holder no. 2; : "progress" picture
79.
"Corcoran" house
80.
"Corcoran" house, from South Street toward Neponset Street
81.
Drawing machine on its way to round-house
82.
End of retort house, before cutting out doors for machines
83.
Excavation; : from dump
84.
Holder no. 2, completed; : from Washington Street
85.
Locometer gearing on transfer car
86.
Looking northwesterly up the yard
87.
The machine by itself
88.
North corner of retort house : the fast one to be put in of four water elevators carrying coke to furnaces
89.
"Progress" picture
90.
"Progress" picture, showing no. 2 completed; : view across Pleasant and Washington Streets
91.
Residential buildings, industrial buildings and gasholders at Commercial Point
92.
Round-house etc
93.
Round-house, track, and car with locomotive gearing added for drawing and charging machines
94.
Schooners at Commercial Point
95.
To show some new picket fences
96.
Tower Washer; : built of ordinary 36 inch cast iron main
97.
Tower washer, from roof of oil house
98.
Two holders, from naphtha-tank gallery, south of centre of retort house
99.
View from coal conveyor track
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View of street, fence and gates
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