. Antique views of ye towne of Boston . orders were given to fasten the draw, when theprocession passed over. At this moment the 111111:0011 cannon onCopps Hill were discharged, amid the cheers of the the company ascended Breeds Hill the thirteen cannon therewere discharged. Two tables of 320 feet each, united at the endby a semicircular one, accommodating 800 persons, were locatedon the hill where the gentlemen, the narrative says, spent theday in sober festivity, and separated at 6 oclock. The whole fabric was completed in the course of thirteenmonths. All emoluments arising fr
. Antique views of ye towne of Boston . orders were given to fasten the draw, when theprocession passed over. At this moment the 111111:0011 cannon onCopps Hill were discharged, amid the cheers of the the company ascended Breeds Hill the thirteen cannon therewere discharged. Two tables of 320 feet each, united at the endby a semicircular one, accommodating 800 persons, were locatedon the hill where the gentlemen, the narrative says, spent theday in sober festivity, and separated at 6 oclock. The whole fabric was completed in the course of thirteenmonths. All emoluments arising from toll were vested for 40years in the company who built it— Proprietors of Charles RiverBridge—who began and finished the same with their own privatemeans, at the end of which period, the bridge was to become theproperty of the Commonwealth. The length of this structure was 1503 feet. The abutment atCharlestown, from the old landing, was 100 feet; space to the firstpier, 16J feet; 36 piers at equal distance to the draw, 622J feet;. ANTIQUE VIEWS OF BOSTON. :;47 width of the draw, 30 feet; 39 pieis at equal distance from thedraw, G72 feet; space to the abutment at Boston, 16£ feet; abut-ment at Boston to the old landing, 45£ feet. The 75 piers uponwhich this structure stood were composed of seven sticks of oaktimber united by a cap piece, strong braces and girts and driveninto the bed of the river, and secured firmly by a single pile oneach side. The bridge was 42 feet in width, a foot way six feetwide and railed in on either side. The bridge had a gradual riseto the centre of two feet. Forty elegant lamps were erectedat suitable distances. At the longest pier it was forty-six feet tothe bed of the river. The fact that only eleven years before the opening of this bridge,to a day, the battle of Bunker Hill was fought, when guns werefiring at each other from Copps and Breeds hills, where they werenow firing salutes, awakened the liveliest emotions. OLD SCOLLAT BUILDEVG AND
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