The port book of Boston; . THE PORT BOOK. Range Lights, Loveils Island on their work, an initial appropriation of $9,000,000was placed at their disposal, to be expended in theirdiscretion. Commonwealth Pier 5, the Largest Pier in the world, is being- built by the Directors of the Port ata cost of $3,000,000. It is 1,200 feet long400 ,, wideIt has 50 ,, of water at hig-h tide40 ,, ,, ,, ,, low Could dock the Imperator with 300 feet to spare. Has three 2-story sheds of steel and concrete, 20acres of floor space; six railroad tracks, with space for150 freight cars : is as large as the four famous
The port book of Boston; . THE PORT BOOK. Range Lights, Loveils Island on their work, an initial appropriation of $9,000,000was placed at their disposal, to be expended in theirdiscretion. Commonwealth Pier 5, the Largest Pier in the world, is being- built by the Directors of the Port ata cost of $3,000,000. It is 1,200 feet long400 ,, wideIt has 50 ,, of water at hig-h tide40 ,, ,, ,, ,, low Could dock the Imperator with 300 feet to spare. Has three 2-story sheds of steel and concrete, 20acres of floor space; six railroad tracks, with space for150 freight cars : is as large as the four famous Chel-sea piers at New York, which cost $23,000,000. The head house (see page 22) at the shorewardend will be connected with Summer Street by animmense viaduct for foot, carriagfe and motor trafficspanning the railroad and trucking approaches. The Port Directors, with these superior accommo-dations, have been able to reach an agrreement withthe Hamburg-American line, and a regular serviceof magnificent express steamers has been establish
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