. The street railway review . FERRY BOAT KITTERY. Stores, churches and all the characteristics of a seaside popularresort. The most important factor as an income producer is the KitteryNavy Yard just across the water in the suburbs of Kittery. Hereare the extensive shipbuilding yards of the Government and be-cause of the fine deep harbor here is also located an extensive drydock. Many visitors patronize the street railway line in reachingthe navy yard, as the cars pass the entrance near Kittery addition, a large number of the employes of the Navy Yard re-. K.\rk,\.NCI-; •](i KIliER
. The street railway review . FERRY BOAT KITTERY. Stores, churches and all the characteristics of a seaside popularresort. The most important factor as an income producer is the KitteryNavy Yard just across the water in the suburbs of Kittery. Hereare the extensive shipbuilding yards of the Government and be-cause of the fine deep harbor here is also located an extensive drydock. Many visitors patronize the street railway line in reachingthe navy yard, as the cars pass the entrance near Kittery addition, a large number of the employes of the Navy Yard re-. K.\rk,\.NCI-; •](i KIliERV navv yakii. side along the line over almost all tin- dislancc In York , , the cars in going to and returning from work in and evening. One of the interesting islands pointed outalong the route is that of Scavys, where the Spanish prisoners wereconfined three years ago. There are a number of very oldchurches, also historical colonial houses, government Island Tower, the old Wilcox Tavern, and an old jail built iniCijo with curiously constructed tlungcons, which are pointed out 156 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [Vol. XI, No. 3- to the tourists and which form a striking contrast to the modernsummer cottages and hotels with which the region abounds. Quaintfarmhouses with stone fences everywhere add to the attractive fea-tures. The Isles of Shoals, seven miles off from the coast, aredistinctly seen in clear weather. The line is along the highway the
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