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Machinery [BS_VP_1_8]

"Des Moines" [BS_VP_1_68]

"Diamond Shoals" No. 72 after launching [BS_VP_1_25]

Assembling main engine "Lawrence" and "MacDonough" [BS_VP_1_32]

Boiler for a steam yacht for Thomas A. Watson, No. 1142 W.S.H. [BS_VP_1_5]

Center truss for ship tool shop, steam shovel can be seen at work on "Des Moines" bvuildinbg slip also masts of schooner discharging lumber. [BS_VP_1_46]

Construction crew at noon time, C.O. Millar on crane with derby hat. [BS_VP_1_62]

Corner of machine shop showing main engines "Lawrence" and "MacDonough" Fore River Engine Works-Weymouth Landing [BS_VP_1_33]

Corner of powerouse, machine shop, "Des Moines" on stocks, ship tool shop, and end of joiner shop [BS_VP_1_73]

East end of machine shop [BS_VP_1_56]

Engine for U.S. Torpedo boat destroyers "Lawrence" and "MacDonough" [BS_VP_1_36]

Engines for U.S.T.B.D. "Lawrence" and "MacDonough" built at Weymouth Landing [BS_VP_1_34]

Engines for U.S.T.B.D. "Lawrence" and "MacDonough" built at Weymouth Landing [BS_VP_1_35]

Excavating o grade for shipway foundations for "Des Moines" [BS_VP_1_45]

Feed pump "Lawrence" and "MacDonough" [BS_VP_1_31]

Fore River Engine Co. Bulkhead Blower & Engine for Heating Old Offie Building [BS_VP_1_6]

Fore River Ship and Engine Co. East Braintree, "Diamond Shoals" [BS_VP_1_24]

Fore River Ship and Engine Company [BS_VP_1_18]

Fore River Ship and Engine Company [BS_VP_1_19]

Forge Shop in Frame [BS_VP_1_63]

Foundaions for machine shop [BS_VP_1_42]

Foundations for joiner shop in foreground, machine shop in background [BS_VP_1_43]

Foundations for large hammer anvil block and forge building looking to the east, between the derricks can be seen work on the foundations for the power house. [BS_VP_1_41]

General view of East Braintree Plant of Fore River Engine Company [BS_VP_1_14]

Grading for building sie "Des Moines" [BS_VP_1_44]

Interior of power house looking southwest [BS_VP_1_72]

Interior view of powerhouse looking east [BS_VP_1_71]

Interior view of powerhouse looking northwest [BS_VP_1_70]

Iris [BS_VP_1_3]

Joiner and pattern shop in frame with powerhouse in background [BS_VP_1_67]

Ladoga [BS_VP_1_1]

Launch of "Lawrence" at East Braintree. Note width of river compared to length of vessel. [BS_VP_1_38]

Launch of "Lawrence" [BS_VP_1_37]

Launch of "MacDonough" at East Braintree Plant [BS_VP_1_40]

Launch of "MacDonough" at East Braintree [BS_VP_1_39]

Launch of lightship "Diamond Shoals" No. 72. Pen and ink sketch from Newspaper [BS_VP_1_26]

Looking southeasterly from Howard Street at head of Bent's Creek, old stone polishing shed at right. [BS_VP_1_66]

Looking towards the north, showing masonary foundation walk under construction for the machine shop. [BS_VP_1_21]

Machine shop in frame [BS_VP_1_48]

Machine shop under construction [BS_VP_1_53]

Machine shop under construction [BS_VP_1_60]

Machine Shop [BS_VP_1_54]

Machinery [BS_VP_1_8]

No. 1136 - W.S.H. & No. 1147 - W.S.H Style 3 [BS_VP_1_7]

No. 1145 - W.S.H. & No. 1146 - W.S.H. [BS_VP_1_10]

No. 1149, W.S.H. [BS_VP_1_2]

Old bridge over Weymouth Fore River at Weymouth Landing and East Braintree with the bulkhead of the old plant in the foreground. Wreck of the "Yankee Blade" on mud. [BS_VP_1_22]

Old plant at East Braintree showing building shed over the "Lawrence" and "MacDonough" and the Cape Cat Bort "Alida" [BS_VP_1_16]

Original boiler equipment in powerhouse looking north [BS_VP_1_69]

Original brass foundry Quincy plant, immediately behind this building was later built the large ship crane structure. [BS_VP_1_59]

Original Machine shop closed in [BS_VP_1_64]

Powerhouse and machine shop [BS_VP_1_57]

Powerhouse showing generator on foundation [BS_VP_1_55]

Powerhouse showing natural contour of ground at Bent's Creek [BS_VP_1_65]

Riker Dynamo and Wellington Engine [BS_VP_1_4]

Shiptool shop in frame [BS_VP_1_50]

Shiptool shop in frame, building in center first office in new plant used by C.O. Millar for construction work. [BS_VP_1_49]

Shiptool shop [BS_VP_1_51]

Site of joiner and pattern shop [BS_VP_1_61]

Steam yacht "Caprice" generating set [BS_VP_1_13]

Steering engine "Lawrence" and "MacDonough" [BS_VP_1_28]

T.A. Watson's Houseboat [BS_VP_1_12]

Teaming steel plates from Briaintree to new plant [BS_VP_1_52]

The Fore River Shipbuilding Co. [BS_VP_1_76]

View of shiptool shop looking towards northeast corner [BS_VP_1_75]

Water front view of East Braintree Plant showing arrangement of buildings. Slip in center where "Diamond Shoals" was built. [BS_VP_1_17]

Waterfront view of East Braintree Plant showing arrangment of buildings [BS_VP_1_15]

Windlass engine "Lawrence" and "MacDonough" [BS_VP_1_29]

Windlass engine "Lawrence" and "MacDonough" [BS_VP_1_30]

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