New England, old and new; a brief review of some historical and industrial incidents in the Puritan "New English Canaan," still the Land of promise . w England— 0/dandNeiv power-driven ships New England will do her part to buildand maintain the strudture and fabric of a great and pros-perous American merchant Boston possesses the largest land dry dock in the world, with a length at bottom of 1170 feet and a width of 115feet. The national government intends to make it thenucleus of the greatest ship-repair plant on the already has the largest passenger and frei
New England, old and new; a brief review of some historical and industrial incidents in the Puritan "New English Canaan," still the Land of promise . w England— 0/dandNeiv power-driven ships New England will do her part to buildand maintain the strudture and fabric of a great and pros-perous American merchant Boston possesses the largest land dry dock in the world, with a length at bottom of 1170 feet and a width of 115feet. The national government intends to make it thenucleus of the greatest ship-repair plant on the already has the largest passenger and freight pier inthe world. A competent authority states that there is nocoUedion of docks and piers in the world which wouldmore readily lend itself to expansion than these Common-wealth projedls in South Boston. Portland, Maine, claimsthe finest harbor in the world, where an ocean liner cansteam from her dock to the open sea in thirty minuteswithout the aid of a tug and without making a single right-angled turn. New Englands harbors could shelter the worlds are not congested. Loading facilities are ideal. Theymake port charges -«^ ^S^:
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