East Boston Pumping Station, Chelsea Street at Chelsea Creek, Boston, Suffolk County, MA. Surveyed as HAER MASS,13-BOST,78-, with 1 photograph and a 395-word written history.
“The station's three horizontal triple expansion Corliss engines, built by Allis Company, Milwaukee, are the only surviving examples of this once popular engine.”
Written record, HAER MASS,13-BOST,78- survey. Machine-read text.
surveyed by the federal HAER program as HAER MASS,13-BOST,78- · the record runs 395 words · one of 264 surveyed structures published for this county.
1 photograph from the federal survey record, Library of Congress.
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The station's three horizontal triple expansion Corliss engines, built by Allis Company, Milwaukee, are the only surviving examples of this once popular engine. Description: Center pavillion flanked by one hundred feet long wings and the depth is 65 feet. A small attached structure is at the southwest end of the building. The massing and detailing (e.g. quoins, round arched windows with projecting lintels and attic) are in the Beaux-Arts classical style. The exterior architecture is unrelated to the room arrangement (see rough plan). In all probability, the station was planned around the functional requirements and the placement of the machinery. The massing and detailing were than added, with only minimal relation to essentially rectangular shape of the interior.
History: Completed in the station was damaged in the great Chelsea Fire of April 12, and repaired by Boston mill architect and engineer Arthur F. Gray designed this station and the other two in the system. The system lifted raw sewage 15 feet and pumped it out into Boston Harbor beyond Deer Island. The construction of a relief tunnel in made this station redundant except at times of heavy rainfall.
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Bill Lebovich, HAER, August East Boston Pumping Station HAER No. MA-65 Chelsea St. at Chelsea Creek (page 2) a Boston Suffolk County Massachusetts J= *\ 1 X *3 & 9fc i fP o o A* d ^ o Y 5? O q cO 02 h V I V* I^^L W^V -fc 0- 1 o 31 -tii i A * ST V 4* 1 V Tw i %c Is ^-4 ADDENDUM TO: HAER MA-65 EAST BOSTON PUMPING STATION HAER MASS,13-BOST,78- Chelsea Street at Chelsea Creek Boston Suffolk County Massachusetts COLOR TRANSPARENCIES HISTORIC AMERICAN ENGINEERING RECORD National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior C Street NW Washington, DC
| Boston, Massachusetts | The place record: every map, photograph and survey of this town. |
| Suffolk County, Massachusetts | 165 topographic sheets across the county. |
| Library of Congress record | The original filed report, and the sheets the survey produced. Those published here appear above. |
The federal surveyors worked through Boston building by building. These are the other structures they measured and filed a report on, longest report first.
| Sheet | Structure | Survey | Report |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Boston Elevated Railway | HAER MASS,13-BOST,127- | 34,555 words |
| Charlestown Navy Yard | HAER MA-90-3 | 26,428 words | |
| Boston Government Service Center | HABS MA-1356 | 24,952 words | |
 | B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre | HABS MASS,13-BOST,69- | 23,514 words |
 | East Boston Steam Pump Station | HAER MASS,13-BOST,138- | 19,247 words |
 | Harvard Bridge | HAER MASS,13-BOST,79- | 14,362 words |
 | Fenway Court | HABS MA-1334 | 13,845 words |
 | Charles Street Jail Complex | HABS MASS,13-BOST,143A- | 11,650 words |
 | Deer Island Pumping Station | HAER MASS,13-BOST,137- | 9,553 words |
 | Deer Island Pumping Station | HABS MASS,13-BOST,132- | 9,107 words |
 | Northern Avenue Swing Bridge | HAER MASS,13-BOST,84- | 8,275 words |
 | Summer Street Retractile Bridge | HAER MASS,13-BOST,87- | 8,144 words |
 | Charlestown Navy Yard | HAER MA-90-30 | 7,907 words |
 | Broadway Bridge | HAER MASS,13-BOST,135- | 7,746 words |
 | New York | HAER MASS,13-BOST,82- | 7,687 words |
 | Deer Island House of Correction | HABS MASS,13-BOST,144A- | 7,466 words |
 | Deer Island House of Correction | HABS MASS,13-BOST,144B- | 6,420 words |
 | Franklin Park Zoo | HABS MA-1316 | 6,293 words |
 | South Station Tower No. 1 & Interlocking System | HAER MASS,13-BOST,86- | 5,502 words |
 | Summer Street Bridge | HAER MASS,13-BOST,139- | 5,482 words |
 | Congress Street Bascule Bridge | HAER MASS,13-BOST,77- | 5,232 words |
 | Anderson Electric Company | HABS MASS,13-BOST,142- | 4,832 words |
 | 72 Marlborough Street | HAER MASS,13-BOST,72- | 4,792 words |
 | Charlestown Navy Yard | HAER MA-90-69 | 4,488 words |
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