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Boston Harbor Docks Plan Showcases Modern Port Expansion
The proposal details a grand harbor renewal for East Boston and Maverick Street including eight docks six slips and two dry docks across a 25 5 million square foot site. It emphasizes municipal control of waterfronts, extensive rail linkages, petroleum and coal handling facilities, and passenger service with ferries via an elevated road plus an electric rail line similar to Hamburg and Antwerp.
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Hamburg
Rotterdam
Glasgow
New York
San Francisco
Boston
Bremen Street
Wood Island Park
Harbor Line
Everett Street
Jeffries
Maverick Street
City of Boston
East Boston Company
Boston Forge Company
John Jeffries
Mark Gargett
Peter Wenters
Matilda Gill
George Parker
Moses
W. E. Haskins
J. A. Kelley
James I. Walsh
Iremis Gooding
Samuel
Lucinda Crane
David Kimball
William C. Barstow
Harriet M. Bartlett
Levi D. Bartlett
George H. Plummer
Noddle’s Island Flats
Boston Point
Noddle’s Island
Bird Island
United States
Noddie
Inner Harbor
Customs Department
Brooklyn
Liverpool
Birkenhead
Boston, Lynn & Fevere Beach Railroad
Baz
Antwern