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Identifier: pictorialguideto00bost (find matches)
Title: Pictorial guide to Boston and the country around
Year: 1902 (1900s)
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Subjects: Boston (Mass.) -- Guidebooks
Publisher: Boston : G.W. Armstrong Dining Room & News Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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of these islands dot the bay. and the steamers which plybetween the city and outlying points move in and out among themin a way which adds much to the interest of those standing upontheir decks. Rocky shores, sandy beaches, green islands, grimfortresses, picturesque cottages, all these help to form the panoramaof Boston Harbor. THE NORTH SHORE. Winthrop, nearest to the city of all the North Shore re-sorts, is reached in a few minutes by the Winthrop branchof the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad ferry station at350 Atlantic Avenue, foot of High Street. Many of Bostons busi-ness men have their summer homes in this convenient place. Itsprincipal attractions are the fine ocean view^s, especially the onefrom Great Head—the high blufif at the southern extremity of thepeninsula—and the beach which is a part of the JMetropolitanPark System. The United States government has powerful bat-teries on the heights and at Grovers Cliff. These batteries com-mand the entrance to the bay. 117
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THE HARBOR and REACHES. il9 Revere Beach, The new American Brighton, is a gentlysloping sandy beach offering unexcelled opportunities for bathingand an inspiring view of the open sea. The beach is nearly threemiles long and terminates at the north in Point of Pines—a resortwith fine hotels. This magnificent stretch of shore is controlled bythe Metropolitan Park Commission. Along the crest of the beachis a driveway, with bordering promenades where thousands mayenjoy cool breezes and the ocean view, without the discomfortsof overcrowding. Shelters, bath-houses for surf-bathing, a bicyclestorage shed, and a police station occupy convenient points.Dressing rooms to- the number of 1,700 are provided, and over7.000 men and women have used them in one day. There is littledoubt that this is one of the most popular of the sea shore re-sorts of Massachusetts. Revere Beach is most directly reachedby the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad, ferry stationat 350 Atlantic Avenue, foot of High S

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  • bookleafnumber:139
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  • bookcollection:americana
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