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By adamg on Tue, 08/22/2017 - 10:58am
Construction in old Boston

The folks at the Boston City Archives wonder if you can place this scene. See it larger.

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By downtown-anon on Tue, 08/22/2017 - 11:21am.

Moving an old steam engine of some sort?

By johnmcboston on 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...

By anon on Tue, 08/22/2017 - 1:55pm.

Looks like it is for mixing mortar or concrete.

By anon on Tue, 08/22/2017 - 2:02pm.

Extension of Frankfort St. between Gove and Porter:
https://books.google.com/books?id=YDpJAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA648&lpg=PA648&dq=ros...

By Ward8Mahatma on 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. ;-)

By anon on Tue, 08/22/2017 - 1:58pm.

Camel ciggies were introduced in 1913.

By A on Tue, 08/22/2017 - 12:59pm.

That looks safe.

By Anony-Mouse on Tue, 08/22/2017 - 3:35pm.

Weren't invented til 1962. Yellow tape in '77.

* None of this is accurate, just snarky.

By anon on 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...

By Russ on 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.

By Random Chihuahua on Tue, 08/22/2017 - 3:18pm.

in East Boston.

By Boston City Archives on 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.

By SFPD12 on 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,

By Carmella on Thu, 08/24/2017 - 9:09am.

I love the old Boston photos.