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CHRONOLOGICALLY FOLLOW BOSTON'S ROPEWALK HISTORY

 1722 CAPTAIN BONNER'S MAP OF BOSTON

1728 ROPEWALK NEAR FORT HILL

 1777 MACNEALS ROPEYARD NEAR FORT HILL

1796 NEAR THE BOSTON COMMON, CAMBRIDGE STREET AND LEVERET STREET 

 1814 HALES BOSTON COMMON 

 1826 OFF OF BEACON STREET IN THE MUDDY RIVER BASIN 

 1848 NEAR WASHINGTON AND NORTHAMPTON STREET

1852 IN MUDDY RIVER BASIN  

MAPS SHOWING THE ROPEWALK AT THE CHARLESTOWN NAVY YARD

  1848 CHARLESTOWN NAVY YARD

 1852 CHARLESTOWN NAVY YARD

 1880 CHARLESTOWN NAVY YARD

 CURRENT MAP OF THE CHARLESTOWN NAVY YARD

PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ROPEWALK AT THE CHARLESTOWN NAVY YARD

FROM TOBIN BRIDGE (RT.1) WITH U.S.S. CONSTITUTION IN BACKGROUND

 ROPEWALK, HEMP HOUSE AND TAR HOUSE WITH BUNKER HILL IN BACKGROUND

 LOW END WITH TOBIN BRIDGE (RT 1) IN BACKGROUND

MIDSECTION W/SIGN, SHOWING CONNECTION TO TAR HOUSE 

To learn more about the history of hemp in and around Boston, click here:

BOSTON'S HEMP HISTORY

1642-1931: BOSTON HEMP REFERENCES WITH EXCERPTS

1770:BOSTON MASSACRE EXCERPTS AND PICTURES

NEW ENGLAND'S HEMP HISTORY