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No 14 Maverrick? 4 Chelsea St?
By downtown-anon
Tue, 08/22/2017 - 11:21am
Moving an old steam engine of some sort?
Winch
By johnmcboston
Tue, 08/22/2017 - 12:18pm
Well, the spindle things you see on the left tend to indicate the steam indication is to be used as a winch. Not sure if it's part of an older steam type shovel or not...
Concrete mixer?
By anon
Tue, 08/22/2017 - 1:55pm
Looks like it is for mixing mortar or concrete.
Rosemunda Prioreli
By anon
Tue, 08/22/2017 - 2:02pm
Extension of Frankfort St. between Gove and Porter:
https://books.google.com/books?id=YDpJAQAAMAAJ&pg=...
Coffee roaster
By Ward8Mahatma
Tue, 08/22/2017 - 12:48pm
for the first Starbucks to open in Boston in 1912. If not that, then a steam-powered mortar to keep rowdy NY Giants fans in line during the World Series the same year. ;-)
Has to be after 1913
By anon
Tue, 08/22/2017 - 1:58pm
Camel ciggies were introduced in 1913.
Yeah,
By A
Tue, 08/22/2017 - 12:59pm
That looks safe.
Orange cones
By Anony-Mouse
Tue, 08/22/2017 - 3:35pm
Weren't invented til 1962. Yellow tape in '77.
* None of this is accurate, just snarky.
Based on the earthworks...
By anon
Tue, 08/22/2017 - 1:07pm
And the No. 14 Maverick sign, I'd venture Maverick Square around 1900 as the East Boston Tunnel (now the MBTA Blue Line) was being dug...
Maverick and Chelsea St, Maverick Square, East Boston
By Russ
Tue, 08/22/2017 - 1:22pm
The sign you can see is for Rosmunda Priorelli, a music teacher, who is listed at 140 Maverick St.
Maverick Square
By Random Chihuahua
Tue, 08/22/2017 - 3:18pm
in East Boston.
The Answer
By Boston City Archives
Tue, 08/22/2017 - 4:09pm
Thanks for playing, folks! This photo shows work on "alterations to the East Boston tunnel." It was taken on June 29, 1922 on Chelsea Street. The caption says "Unloading engine," but we're not sure exactly what the engine is for.
THIS MAY HELP
By SFPD12
Wed, 08/23/2017 - 2:12pm
Thanks for sharing this image! it appears to be a steam hoist, powered by a vertical boiler. Not sure what the writer of the caption meant by "loading engine," but the term "engine" was applied to various kinds of steam-powered machinery. Best guess is that either it was used to load spoil from the tunnel excavation into haulers for disposal, or s/he means it is being loaded onto the truck. If you can send me a higher resolution version of this image, I should be able to make out the name that's cast into the base of the boiler.
Best wishes,
I love the old Boston photos.
By Carmella
Thu, 08/24/2017 - 9:09am
I love the old Boston photos.
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