Steve's link took me, at least, to the cover of the book. There are photos
on the page facing 88, and a few pages later, in the appendix. Click
through a few pages from the front, and you get to the TofC, which has
hotlinks to get to later chapters in the book, so you don't have to page
through the entire thing.



I think this photo was taken FROM the Customs House, which was the tallest
building in Boston for years, until (I think) the Prudential building was
built in the back bay in the 60s.



Schuyler



I agree with Peter. The New Haven used car floats to directly trans-load
between freight cars and ships thus avoiding drayage. Here's more of the
story.
<http://tinyurl.com/7pgsygb>
The link takes you to page 89. Scroll back for more info.
The BPL sight can be a source of interesting freight car photos but one must
go deeper than a simple search.
Steve Solombrino

--- In STMFC@... <mailto:STMFC%40yahoogroups.com> , "Peter Ness"
<prness@...> wrote:

The New Haven Railroad had float docks and float operations in Boston

Harbor in the early 1900's located at the South Boston Freight Terminal.
Operations were suspended by about the 1930's. I'm not entirely familiar
with photos from this period, but I hazard a guess (ready to be corrected)
the view is looking out towards the harbor with the Customs House to the
rear of the photographer. Boston had many photogenic and impressive rail
operations to offer at one time; for those interested, there was a mighty
coal elevator operated by the B&A/NYC in East Boston and of course the B&M
and NH lift bridges from North and South Stations respectively.








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