The Boston National Historical Park contains within its boundaries adjacent to the Charlestown Navy Yard, a part of an historically important dock area. The piers there formerly served the railroad that coursed the Hoosac Tunnel and connected New England to the American West. The Tunnel, completed in 1875, is the 'Great Bore' of American railroad annals whose backers sought to divert western freight from the port of New York to the port of Boston. Evidence of the historical terminal at the peak of its activity - the late 1890's - has survived the rebuilding of the piers in the 1940s and the more recent use of the waterfront area for recreational and other purposes. The regional historical significance of the area has warranted nominating these structures and the right-of-way for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.
Hoosac Docks: Foreign Trade Terminal. A Special History Study for Boston National Historical Park
1985
102 pages
Report
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English
Boston and Maine repairs trolley supports in Hoosac Tunnel
Engineering Index Backfile | 1932
|Report on hoosac tunnel collision
Engineering Index Backfile | 1912
Engineering Index Backfile | 1910
|New catenary construction for the hoosac tunnel
Engineering Index Backfile | 1921
Renewal of the catenary construction in the Hoosac tunnel
Engineering Index Backfile | 1921
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