tarboat's photos with the keyword: boston

Rather sad remains of a mosaic step at the disused Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows Lodge Hall on Bridge Street in Boston.

Disused Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows Lodge Hall on Bridge Street in Boston. The building has fallen on hard times but the terracotta facia still stands out along with the memorial on the wall to the members killed in World War 1.

Swan House on Trinity Street in Boston was built by F. S. Anderson & Co in 1877 to replace their previous factory that burned down. It was used to process goose feathers which were used for stuffing pillows. Later known as known more recently as Fogarty's feather factory the business continued here until the mid 20th century. The building is now apartments.

Swan House on Trinity Street in Boston was built by F. S. Anderson & Co in 1877 to replace their previous factory that burned down. It was used to process goose feathers which were used for stuffing pillows. Later known as known more recently as Fogarty's feather factory the business continued here until the mid 20th century. The building is now apartments.

This mosaic in the Emery Lane doorway is a reminder of menswear specialists J D Haines in Boston, Lincs. J D Haines took over the tailoring, men's and boys' ready-made clothing, and gentlemen's outfitting business from Walter Smith in 1892. The last reference I can find is for 1984 and the shop must have closed soon after.

66 144 arrives at Boston Station with the empty steel hoods from Wolverhampton Steel Terminal. This train collects steel coil from Boston Docks as required. It will then back down into the docks branch having blocked the main road crossing for some time.

Municipal Buildings in Boston, Lincolnshire.

A very busy terracotta frontage on 27 West Street in Boston, Lincolnshire. I am surprised that the architect didn't manage to introduce even more varied details! :-o

Panorama of Boston from the Hilton Hotel at Logan International Airport.

200 Clarendon in Boston was previously known as the John Hancock Tower and colloquially known as The Hancock. It has been the tallest building in Boston for more than 30 years, and is also the tallest building in New England. The building is a 60-storey, 790-foot (240 m) skyscraper, designed by Henry N. Cobb of the firm I. M. Pei & Partners and was completed in 1976. The highly reflective window glass is tinted slightly blue, which results in the tower having only a slight contrast with the sky on a clear day.

These Scherzer rolling bridges carry the MBTA Commuter Rail over the Charles River in Boston. Originally this was the site of a bascule drawbridge for the Boston and Lowell Railroad, built 1835. It was the first movable railroad bridge in the United States. In 1931 the Charles River bridges were replaced after extensive filling and dredging meant that the channel of the Charles River was relocated further away from North Station to allow the terminal tracks to converge into eight main leads crossing the river. The four new structures were double-track, single-leaf rolling bascule bridges. All four were nearly identical in design, varying only in their length and the degree of their skew, two spans crossing the channel at a slightly greater skew than the others. Two were 87 feet in length and two, 97 feet. Each span carried a single 629-ton overhead concrete counterweight and, operated by two electric motors, was controlled from the second floor of the new signal and interlocking station, located nearby on the north side of the river. The bridges were designed by Keller & Harrington, Chicago, while the steelwork was fabricated and erected by the Phoenix Bridge Company, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. Today, only these two spans remain.

The municipal buildings in Boston are dated 1902 although they were not officially opened until 1904. This is currently the headquarters of Boston Borough Council.

Having never before explored towards the Lincolnshire coast, we took a trip to Boston to see what was there. We found an interesting little town where everyone spoke Polish. The most memorable feature of the town is the medieval church of St Botolph's with its 272 ft high tower known widely as 'Boston Stump'.