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The Tobin Bridge

FP-0007-SL-S01-013 · slide
Date
Aug 12, 1983 Confirmed
Film
Agfachrome
Lab
Unknown
Mount
Plastic
Place
Tobin Bridge / Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts Confirmed
Tags
BostonTobin BridgeMystic RiverCharlestown

The green steel cantilever of the Tobin (Mystic River) Bridge sweeps north over the river toward Chelsea, oil tanks and the tower of the old Schrafft's factory beside it. Masts of a tall ship rise from the Charlestown waterfront in the foreground.

Research

The Maurice J. Tobin Memorial Bridge over the Mystic River, with the Schrafft's building in Charlestown; the masts at lower right are the Charlestown Navy Yard (USS Constitution).

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