Thursday, January 26, 2017

Boston Harbor frozen over


January 26

Another cold morning. None looked early, but about eight it was -14°. 

A. M. — At Cambridge and Boston. 

Saw Boston Harbor frozen over (for some time). Reminded me of, I think, Parry's Winter Harbor, with vessels frozen in. 

Saw thousands on the ice, a stream of men reaching down to Fort Independence, where they were cutting a channel toward the city. Ice said to reach fourteen miles. 

Snow untracked on many decks. [Ice did not finally go out till about Feb. 15th.] 

At 10 p.m., +14°.

H. D. Thoreau, Journal, January 26, 1857

Saw Boston Harbor frozen over. See January 20, 1857 (" I hear that Boston Harbor froze over on the 18th, down to Fort Independence.")  See also December 2, 1853 ("A communication to a newspaper, dated Bangor, 28th (November), says of the Penobscot :“The navigation is closed here, the anchor ice with the surface ice making an obstruction of several feet thickness. There are enclosed in the ice from 60 to 80 vessels with full cargoes, besides the steamers. The ice obstruction extends about five miles,")

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