A guide-book of Boston for physicians . -. Stebbins, Photo. NEW DRY DOCKCHARLESTOWN NAVY YARD GUIDE TO BOSTON 115 steps leads to the top of thestructure, whence from the ob-servatory a grand and far-reaching view is obtained. Bunker Hill itself is north ofBreeds Hill, near where theElevated Railroad ends, and itssummit is called CharlestownHeights. The United States NavalHospital is in Chelsea, just be-yond the Charlestown is connected with the NavyYard and affords care andmedical treatment to sick anddisabled men of the naval ser-vice. It has one hundred are welcome. T
A guide-book of Boston for physicians . -. Stebbins, Photo. NEW DRY DOCKCHARLESTOWN NAVY YARD GUIDE TO BOSTON 115 steps leads to the top of thestructure, whence from the ob-servatory a grand and far-reaching view is obtained. Bunker Hill itself is north ofBreeds Hill, near where theElevated Railroad ends, and itssummit is called CharlestownHeights. The United States NavalHospital is in Chelsea, just be-yond the Charlestown is connected with the NavyYard and affords care andmedical treatment to sick anddisabled men of the naval ser-vice. It has one hundred are welcome. The United States MarineHospital (1798) is on HighStreet in Chelsea. It is reached by electric cars or the Chelsea Ferry. It furnishes medical andsurgical relief to the sick and disabled of the American mer-cantile marine. It has one hundred and fifty beds and an out-patient service. Visiting days, Tuesdays and BUNKER HILL MONUMENT EAST BOSTON EAST BOSTON., across the Harbor, comprising twoislands,—Noddles and Breeds, — is a place of docksand factories. It was once famous for its shipyards,where the fleet clipper-ships were built. Many of the trans-Atlantic steamship lines have their wharves here. On Camp Hill is the site of the house of Samuel Maverick,the earliest settler, and later the site of a fort. East Boston is reached most conveniently by the New Tun-nel, which is entered at Scollay Square, and extends underCourt and State streets. Where it crosses Atlantic Avenuethere is a station which has elevators to take passengers tothe Elevated Railway. Under the harbor the top of the lowestpart of the tunnel is sixty feet below mean low-water mark,and the tunnel is nearly level. It has walls of concrete, andis 23 feet wide and 20 J feet high, and carries two electric rail-way tracks. The total length of the tunnel, from ScollaySquare to Maverick Square in East Boston, is 7,500 feet. SOUT
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