Charlestown Navy Yard, Incinerator, Midway along northern boundary of Charlestown Navy Yard, on Little Mystic Channel, near junction of Eighteenth Street & Second Avenue, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

The Boston Redevelopment Authority hired William A. Owens to document all buildings in the Charlestown Navy Yard in 1977, most of which were exterior photographs.
Significance: Building 203 is a significant architectural remnant representing physical improvements and general upgrading at the Charlestown Navy Yard necessitated by increased shipbuilding and repair and consequential expansion of the labor force during World War II. It was built in 1942 as an incinerator for burning trash and garbage, and later functioned as a sandblasting facility.
Survey number: HAER MA-90-50
Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1950 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1952 Subsequent Work