Please join Mike Manning of the Friends of the Boston Harborwalk (FBHW) for a walking tour of the North End and the Charlestown Navy Yard. The tour will begin at the Mirabella Pool located at 475 Commercial Street in Boston's North End. We'll tour the North End and visit the following sites: Edmund Hartt shipyard (1794), the Great Molasses Flood (1919), the Draft Riot of 1863 (on Prince Street), and the Brink's Robbery (1950). We'll make our way across the new North Washington Street (now the Bill Russell) bridge and into Charlestown. Once in the Navy Yard (1801), we'll discuss the founding of the Yard as one of the original six Navy yards in the United States. The tour will end at the USS Constitution Museum at approximately 12:30 PM.
Nearest T stop is North Station (nearest to the North End). MBTA buses and the MBTA water ferry are "return-to-Boston" options in Charlestown.
The Friends of the Boston Harborwalk is an all-volunteer group affiliated with Boston Harbor Now. The group meets monthly to promote awareness, public enjoyment and local stewardship of Boston’s 43-mile Harborwalk. For more information on membership, please contact Mike Manning, Chair, at mmanning@bostonharbornow.org
