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1702 |
Boston is the leading port in the American colonies. |
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11/30/1703 |
HMS Hazard runs aground and sinks off George’s Island. |
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1706 |
Scottow’s Wharf (north section) is built. |
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1710 |
Twenty-one ships with a total tonnage of 1,530 are launched in Boston this year. |
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01/08/1711 |
Boston Harbor freezes as far out as Long Island. |
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1713 |
Long Wharf is completed. |
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1716 |
Schooner is launched in Boston. |
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1718 |
T Wharf is built. |
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1722 |
Boston’s 16 shipyards produce 200 ships a year “from 20 to 400 tons burthen” at this time. |
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09/15/1727 |
Sloop runs aground on Great Brewster Spit. |
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