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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14U7_serving-the-fleet_Boston-MA.html
By 1940 this navy yard supported a powerful fleet of modern steel ships. Where once carpenters, joiners, and sail- makers responded to the morning shipyard bell, now a shrill steam whistle summoned welders, boilermakers, and electronics specialist…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14U0_charlestown-navy-yard_Boston-MA.html
The Charleston Navy Yard was established in 1800 to build, repair, and supply the nation's warships. For 174 years the yard expanded and adapted to serve a growing, changing navy. In early years, skilled workers build and repaired wooden sloops, f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14TZ_a-state-of-perfect-chaos_Boston-MA.html
This 1833 view of Boston from the west end of the Navy Yard shows a harbor full of busy activity. The steeple of the Old North Church is still a prominent landmark.[courtesy Library of Congress]The Navy Yard in the War of 1812When Captain William …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14SH_life-and-work-in-the-navy-yard-1812_Boston-MA.html
During the day, workers at the Charlestown Navy Yard built, repaired, and supplied American warships. In the evening, theses men left for their homes. Only the Commandant, a few administrative officers, and a detachment of Marines stayed behind. T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM149M_escape_Hull-MA.html
Despite the prison's island location, a few Civil War prisoners tried to escape-in the end, always unsuccessfully. Among them was Pvt. Charles Sawyer, a Union deserter who widened this narrow musketry "loophole" (opening to the right), supposedly …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM149L_enlisted-men_Hull-MA.html
Both Union Soldiers training at Ft. Warren and Confederate prisoners of war were quartered along this side of the fort, often in adjoining rooms. his area also contained a schoolroom, 1900-volume library, and a chapel which was used almost daily b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM147O_powder-magazine_Hull-MA.html
There were nine magazines within the fort's bastions and fronts during the Civil War, all of the located at the parade ground level. They were lined with wood to prevent a soldier's gun or belt buckle from striking against the granite walls and ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM147N_fort-warren_Hull-MA.html
Has been designated a registered National Historic Landmark Under the provisions of the historic sites act of August 21, 1935 this site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM147M_battery-bartlett_Hull-MA.html
Battery Bartlett was built in the 1890's atop the fort's original earthen ravelin (triangular fortification in front of the bastions). A major upgrade to earlier batteries, it protected the Nantasket Roads and the Narrows Channels into Boston and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM147L_the-dark-arch_Hull-MA.html
Originally an open courtyard, Bastion A was roofed over, probably in the 1870's to accommodate new artillery-15-inch Rodman Guns. The new space was divided into an indoor drill hall, a powder magazine and a storage area for wagons and gun carriage…