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Construction of holder no. 2 ; : building inner section, in the tank
2.
"Progress" picture, showing no. 2 completed; : view across Pleasant and Washington Streets
3.
A winter view
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Bay State Company's Works, from sewer embankment
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From sewer embankment
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From street approach to pumping station
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Gas holder tanks and columns, Bay State Gas Company
8.
Improved sewerage pumping station
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Construction of holder no. 2; : raising column
10.
Construction of holder no. 2; : raising column I.
11.
Framing of inner section of gasholder
12.
Framing of inner section; outer section begun, on staging set of wall of tank
13.
Raising column III.
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Barque Warwick Creek : a "one o'clock tide" from path to railroad station
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Barque Warwick Creek : a "one o'clock tide" from near Mill Street
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The crack, a day or two after
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Delivery of drainage from tanks
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Pump delivery
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Building stack I; brickwork started
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Buttress work complete; Refilling : from roof of engine house
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Buttress work completed; : view from south
22.
Commercial Point Works, from Dorchester Yacht Club's (Coulter's Wharf)
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"Corcoran" house
24.
"Corcoran" house, from South Street toward Neponset Street
25.
Drawing machine on its way to round-house
26.
End of retort house, before cutting out doors for machines
27.
Excavation; : from dump
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Excavation; : from roof of engine-house
29.
Holder no. 2, completed; : from Washington Street
30.
Locometer gearing on transfer car
31.
Looking northwesterly up the yard
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The machine by itself
33.
North corner of retort house : the fast one to be put in of four water elevators carrying coke to furnaces
34.
"Progress" picture
35.
Repairs on holder tanks; : siphon drawing from no. 2
36.
Repairs on tank no. 1; : outer section slung to the columns
37.
Residential buildings, industrial buildings and gasholders at Commercial Point
38.
Round-house etc
39.
Round-house, track, and car with locomotive gearing added for drawing and charging machines
40.
To show some new picket fences
41.
Tower Washer; : built of ordinary 36 inch cast iron main
42.
Tower washer, from roof of oil house
43.
Two holders, from naphtha-tank gallery, south of centre of retort house
44.
View from coal conveyor track
45.
View of street, fence and gates
46.
Bay State Gas Company's Holders : embankment and piling across marsh for 24 cm. pipes
47.
Construction of holder no. 2; : siphon (used for a shock lift) and boiler for pumps
48.
Construction of holder no. 2; : framing of inner section
49.
Construction of holder no. 2; : pump set in tank
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Construction of holder no. 2; : framing of inner section
51.
Laborers standing next to tank; : Jim Maguire on far left
52.
Pump delivery supervised by Clark
53.
Pump delivery with T. F. R.'s pump foreman, Clark
54.
Raising column : the rope swing
55.
Main building : Bay State Gas Works
56.
Pumping Station buildings from Gas Company's side of dock
57.
Sludge tank; : gas-works in distance
58.
Auxiliary collecting tanks for tar; : J. Cuddihy holding rod
59.
Auxiliary tanks for ammoniacal liquor
60.
Beginning walls of brick porch; : showing whole south end of retort house
61.
Beginning walls of brick porch to keep wind out of retort house while machine doors are open
62.
Boring tar deposit out of standpipes
63.
Building stack I; : masons begin brickwork
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Buttress construction complete : employees begin refilling
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Buttress work complete; refilling : employees at rest
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Coke on hand at beginning of year
67.
Construction of holder no. 2; : raising column II.
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Construction of holder no. 2; : raising the first column
69.
Drawing machine on elevated track
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Entering the round-house; : gearing is not yet on the car
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Filling coke-wagon for stack K with Dennis Carney
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Filling coke-wagon for stack K with McGillis
73.
Holder no. 2, completed; : from Plymouth Street
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Holder yard at Federal Street, Boston
75.
Laborers setting tank; : Jim Maguire on far left
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Laborers setting tank using derrick
77.
Mason working on gasholder at Commercial Point Station
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Raising column IV.
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Schooners at Commercial Point
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Setting tanks
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457 Broadway; 2:13 P.M
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Across Dorchester Bay from Commercial Point
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Air slits AA and smoke flues BB.
84.
Ash pan cover and door frame from rear of stack, i.e. front of furnace
85.
Ash pan set and one flue partly covered
86.
Ash pan set at Fire No. 1, bed partly prepared at No. 2
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Ashpan; : also shows one flue entering main flue
88.
Ashpan and connections
89.
At rail 1 and 30 feet from centre of mound, looking toward rail 11
90.
Auxiliary collecting tank for tar, from south end
91.
Between holder tanks I and II.
92.
Boom and bucket gear
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Boom and bucket gear ; : Hunt's patent coal hoist and automatic railway
94.
Boylston St. Front of Hotel Touraine Looking West 11:40 am
95.
Boylston St. Front of Hotel Touraine Looking West 12:40 PM.
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Brackets for retorts in wall of arch
97.
Building at retaining wall construction site
98.
Building of the Commercial Point Boat and Reading Club : within the yard of the gas-works
99.
Building retaining-wall on lot of "Central" Holder, Ferdinand Street
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Buildings at retaining wall construction site
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