| W.K. Means South Boston City Pier; Fort Independence; D.S. Lewis [Boston Gas Light Company] 1887 Cyanotype Boston College Libraries Identifier: 2345/9006, 81488931740001021, 99137906055601021, Boston Gas Company Records LL/93874 At Calf Pasture, photographer looking across Dorchester Bay at South Boston City Pier; embankment known as Old Harbor Pier.
Found in Box 40, Folder 3. Original image not held by Boston College.
Written on sheet: "First works built here, 1634: called the oldest virgin fortress in the world."
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