Charlestown Navy Yard, Pier 10, Between Piers 9 & 11 along Mystic River on Charlestown Waterfront at eastern edge of Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Summary
Significance: Pier 10 is one of four piers built at Charlestown Navy Yard in the decade prior to World War I. Wharfs and piers were critical to the Navy Yard's mission of shipbuilding and maintenance, and occupied the entire waterfront. Pier 10 was one of eleven piers in use during the yard's 174-year history. It was widened in 1941 when Dry Dock 5 was built.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N797
Survey number: HAER MA-90-7
Building/structure dates: 1912 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1918 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1941 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1974 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
McGinley Hart & Associates, contractor
Harvey, Liz, transmitter
Stupich, Martin, photographer
Location
boston, 42.36008, -71.05888
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html