Charlestown Navy Yard in 1851 - Charleston, Boston Mass.

Charlestown Navy Yard in 1851. As seen from the north side of Copp's Hill, Boston, and "is correct in every particular." On the right, in the extreme distance, are seen the hills, trees and spires of Chelsea, from whence the ferryboat is returning across the harbor to Boston; a little more towards the foreground, and off the battery of the yard, are the Vermont and Franklin line-of-battleships. . . . The slips for ship building are covered with frame houses, sufficiently large to contain first class line-of-battle ships; there are some on the stocks now. The entire yard is enclosed on the land side by a high stone wall. On the left of the picture is the Cumberland frigate, being dismasted, and in the middle the receiving ship Ohio; in the foreground are the wooden buildings of the docks, and in front of them some dilapidated wooden shanties, forming altogether a very picturesque and interesting scene.
Courtesy of Boston Public Library