This scanned 1979 photo shows the power stacks still in place at Lincoln Wharf before the conversion to residential use. In front, the townhouses of Union Wharf, built into the harbor just a few years before. On the distant right, is the old Battery Wharf. Not built yet either is Burroughs Wharf. Origial photo by Read More…
Many of the Boston’s wharves fell victim to fires during the 1950s and 1960s. The Union Wharf fire on November 2, 1952 was one of the most spectacular blazes ever seen in the North End or Boston’s waterfront. Union Wharf on Commercial Street was “built to burn” and long feared by Boston firefighters, according to a Boston Fire Historical Read More…
Boston Fire Department reported that call box 1241 was struck this morning at 6:20 a.m. for a fire in the utility room in the basement at 274 North Street, a 5-story brick apartment building. BFD stretched one line and knocked down the fire. Power was cutoff to the building displacing the current residents.
