. King's handbook of Boston harbor. CHARLESTOWN NAVY YARD. 252 KINGS HANDBOOK OF BOSTON HARBOR. the Tallapoosa, Winooski, Ashuelot, and Housatonic. Thirty steamers andnumerous sailing-vessels besides were refitted here for naval of these were prizes, captured by the blockading squadrons off theSouthern ports. Among them was the formidable rebel ram Atlanta. The receiving-ship, lying off the yard, is the famous old frigate Wabash,which won many a hard knock during the Secession War. Beyond hereare the vast dry-dock, rolling-mill, brass-works, rope-walk, barracks, gun-park, and bat
. King's handbook of Boston harbor. CHARLESTOWN NAVY YARD. 252 KINGS HANDBOOK OF BOSTON HARBOR. the Tallapoosa, Winooski, Ashuelot, and Housatonic. Thirty steamers andnumerous sailing-vessels besides were refitted here for naval of these were prizes, captured by the blockading squadrons off theSouthern ports. Among them was the formidable rebel ram Atlanta. The receiving-ship, lying off the yard, is the famous old frigate Wabash,which won many a hard knock during the Secession War. Beyond hereare the vast dry-dock, rolling-mill, brass-works, rope-walk, barracks, gun-park, and battery of thirty cannon. Here rest the remains of the hugedouble-turreted iron-clad Miantonomoh; and in one of the ship-houses theancient three-decker Virginia has stood on the stocks for more than halfa century. In the stream, towards Chelsea, lie the decaying old war-shipsOhio, Iowa, and Connecticut. The maritime enterprise of Boston began early. It was but a year afterthe founding of the colony, that Gov. Winthrop launched the bar
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