WHARF NEAR SUMMER
STREET, FORT POINT CHANNEL
Boston Wharf Co. Photograph - c.1898
Printed by Todd Gieg
Note: Looking toward the Boston side of
the Channel from the South Boston side, the construction of the South Station wall along
the Channel is visible in the background. It is possible that this set of negatives was
part of a campaign by the Boston Wharf Co. to take advantage of the economic benefits that
the construction of South Station would soon bring to the area. Although South Station
would primarily serve passenger lines, it could not be bad for business to be in close
proximity to what would soon be the "Gateway to Boston". Walk out of South
Station, take a right on Summer Street, walk over a bridge and you were in a prime
commercial location.
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