. Sights in Boston and suburbs, or, Guide to the stranger . town, is a delightful sheet of water, surrounded by ever-greens, and is so remarkable for its rural beauties as toattract many visitors from a distance. Wilmington is fifteen miles, Billerica nineteen miles,Billerica Mills twenty-two miles, and Lowell twenty-sixmiles from Boston. The Eastern Railroad Depot, which is built of EASTERN RAILROAD DEPOT. 115 wood, stands on Causeway Street, at the foot of Friendand Canal Streets. The length of the road to Ports-mouth is fifty-six miles, or to Portland one hundred and. seven miles. On the wa
. Sights in Boston and suburbs, or, Guide to the stranger . town, is a delightful sheet of water, surrounded by ever-greens, and is so remarkable for its rural beauties as toattract many visitors from a distance. Wilmington is fifteen miles, Billerica nineteen miles,Billerica Mills twenty-two miles, and Lowell twenty-sixmiles from Boston. The Eastern Railroad Depot, which is built of EASTERN RAILROAD DEPOT. 115 wood, stands on Causeway Street, at the foot of Friendand Canal Streets. The length of the road to Ports-mouth is fifty-six miles, or to Portland one hundred and. seven miles. On the way to Portsmouth the followingtowns are passed through : — Lynn, nine miles distant, is noted for its shoe trade. Salem, sixteen miles, was formerly engaged in the EastIndia trade, but has declined in commercial importance,most of its shipping having been removed to Boston,although continuing to be owned in Salem. The Museumof the East India Marine Society is well worth a visit, for 116 BOSTON SIGHTS. which tickets of admission can be procured gratis, on ap-plication. It is remarkable for the variety and extent ofits natural and artificial curiosities, collected from everypart of the world. The road passes through a tunnelbuilt under Essex and Washington Streets, and is thencecarried over a bridge of considerable length to Beverly. Beverly, sixteen miles from Boston, is connected withSalem by a bridge across the North River fifteen hundredfeet in length. twenty-two miles, Ipswich twenty-sevenmiles, Eovvley thirty-one miles, Newburyport thirty-sixmiles.
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