Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . war to lie afloat, at all times, at theends of the wharves. The yard contains within the wallabout one hundred acres, and, independent of all buildingsand works, the site would now readily command morethan a million of dollars. The visitor to the navy yard will find many objects ofinterest to claim a share of his attention; and in everydepartment of this great establishment there is a uniformneatness and order, Avhicli are always pleasing, and forwhich this station is infeiinr to none in the world. Manyimprovements liave been made in it
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Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . war to lie afloat, at all times, at theends of the wharves. The yard contains within the wallabout one hundred acres, and, independent of all buildingsand works, the site would now readily command morethan a million of dollars. The visitor to the navy yard will find many objects ofinterest to claim a share of his attention; and in everydepartment of this great establishment there is a uniformneatness and order, Avhicli are always pleasing, and forwhich this station is infeiinr to none in the world. Manyimprovements liave been made in it within a few years.Its general appearance is neat and fit; and for all manu- •22H BOSTON AM) VICINITY. facturing purposes connected witli building and equippingships of war, perhaps no other yard in the Union offersso great iaeililies. The CiiAKLiiSToWN Static Puison is in tlie form ofa cross, having lour wings united to a central octagonalbuilding, one for the superintendent and his family, andthree of them for inmates. The kitchen is in the centre. octagon building, in the first story; the supervisors roomis over the kitchen; the chapel over the supervisors room ;the hospital over the chapel; and so good is the arrange-ment, that all areas, apartments, windows, walls, gallerie., BOSTON AM) U IMTV. 2j29 Staircase?, fa>toiiinj;s, oxternal wall>, and external yardwalls, except the space outside, at the end of the wings, are under supervision from the centre. If a prisonerbreaks out, he only breaks in; that is, if he escapesfrom his dormitory into the area, he has still anotherwall or grating to break, while at the same time he is insight. The buildings being of stone, the cell floors of stone oriron, the galleries and staircases of iion, and the dooisand gratings of the same material, render the prisonnearly fire-proof, while the whole building is ventilated inthe most thorough mannei-, each small room, dormitory, orcell being ])rovided with a ventilator, starting fi*om