Georges Island
Tugboat catches fire, BFD divers get stuck in traffic
By adamg - 12/7/12 - 9:32 amThe tugboat Liberty suffered an engine fire off Georges Island shortly after 8 a.m. today - just as a man was falling off a fishing boat.
The Boston Fire Department promptly summoned its dive team, which promptly got stuck in traffic because it's not based on the water. However, the Coast Guard reports the fire was declared out before the BFD marine unit got out to the tugboat and that a passing boater picked up the person in the water.
UPDATE, 9 a.m.: Tug was able to get to East Boston under its own power, with an escort by the BFD marine unit. The Globe has more.
Babies enjoying some fresh sea air
By adamg - 5/1/11 - 5:26 pm
The Boston Public Library has put up more than 300 Harbor Island photos and drawings from the 19th and 20th centuries, including a photo of some nurses and babies on Long Island, back in 1930, when it had a hospital and a Civil War-era photo of Ft. Warren on Georges Island, when it still had live cannons.
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Into the light
By adamg - 9/7/08 - 9:28 pm
Looking toward the Great Blue Hill (I think; somebody please correct me if I'm wrong) through a tunnel out of Fort Warren on Georges Island.
The fort is great for such framed views, given that it has zillions of slits and holes for cannons, guns and binoculars:
Expedition to Georges Island
By adamg - 5/27/07 - 10:13 amEvan chronicles a trip to this island in the outer harbor:
... This is probably one of the best day trip deals in Boston...$12 weekend rate gets you a round trip on a high-speed catamaran out to Spectacle and Georges Islands, a good distance away from the city and near where Boston Harbor meets the Atlantic Ocean. ...
