Identifier: kingshandbookofb1882swee (find matches)
Title: King's handbook of Boston harbor
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Sweetser, M. F. (Moses Foster), 1848-1897 King, Moses, 1853-1909 Copeland, Charles, 1858-1929, ill
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Publisher: Cambridge, Mass., Moses King, publisher
Contributing Library: Boston College Libraries
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he harbor, little visited by summer voyagers, but not withoutattractive coast and lake scenery, and rich in historical reminiscences.Until within a year or two, a large steamboat plied several times daily be-tween Boston and the picnic-grounds (Lovells Grove) at North Weymouth ;but her passenger-lists grew smaller and smaller, year by year, until at lastit became evident that the Bostonians no longer craved the mild excite-ments of Pine Point; and the quiet waters of Quincy Bay have sinceremained unvexed by the paddle-wheels of the Stamford. AVAUS HANDBOOK OF 1WSTON HARBOR. 8l Eastward Neck runs far out into the harbor, nearly to Grape Island,and is occupied by the extensive works and wharves of the Bradley Fer-tilizer Company, and the vil-lage in which dwell its ten-score employes. This busi-ness was founded in 1861, andnow produces annually sixtythousand tons of fertilizers,which are used throughoutthe United States. There areodors issuing from this estab-lishment which savor not of
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The Old Ship (Unitarian Church), Hingham. Araby the Blest; and, crossing the harbor on the unwilling wings of a south-erly gale, they enwrap the cottages of Hull with a mild malaria. It is well 82 KINGS HANDBOOK OF BOSTON HARBOR. to know that this effluvium is not unhealthy, but acts in some cases as a cura-tive agency. On the east of the Neck is the narrow estuary of WeymouthBack River, running up for three miles to East Weymouth, the seat of theiron-works. There are several well-known camping-grounds among the rockybluffs and wooded banks of this picturesque stream, which affords some ofthe most charming nooks near the harbor. Farther westward is the moreimportant Weymouth Fore River, on which, beyond Germantown and Ouincy Point, is the flourishing commercial village ofWeymouth Landing. Between the rivers isNorth Weymouth ; and several miles inlandis the wealthy hamlet of South Weymouth.The manufacture of shoes is the chief indus-try, and occupies fully eighteen hundred per-sons, wh

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