Fan Pier.

Fan Pier.. , The Expansion and Transformation of the Port , Fan Pier is the fulcrum between old and new Boston. It was created by investors who saw the potential of rail to ship connections. Today, the South Boston Seaport District, located near downtown Boston with direct access to Logan Airport attracts high-tech and service industries., By the mid-1900s, deteriorating wharves and a polluted harbor had made the waterfront and unappealing place. With the success of the harbor cleanup, the waterfront is again a place for recreation and renewal., [Captions:] , Fan Pier, 1925 , Landfill greatly expanded South Boston with the filling of Commonwealth Flats in the foreground. The combination of shipping, wharves, docks, and rail lines made South Boston the center of the city's industrial waterfront., Fan Pier Earns Its Name , The New York, New Haven and Hartford rail lines "fan out" in this bird's eye view of 1903. Note the growth of industrial buildigns, the new South Station, and the wharves in the South Bay at the upper right., Steam Freighter , Tonnage is a measure of a ship's cargo capacity, not a measure of weight. It is derived from "tun", which a large cask used to transport wine. Methods of measuring tonnage have evolved over time., Fish Pier, 1930s , The Fish Pier opened in 1914 as a state of the art fish unloading, processing, and storage center. Business peaked in the 1930s; 300 million pounds of fresh fish per year passed through the Fish Pier., Fish harvesting, processing and marketing are still a vital part of Boston's economy. Fishing-related business accounts for about 600 million dollars a year., Boston, 1950 , Logan Airport opened in 1923. Filling of the East Boston Flats, begun as a port development, created land for the airport. By 1950, hundreds of acres were filled in, with more filling to take place by the end of the century., The Children's Museum, 1979 , The Boston Children's Museum and Harborwalk are among the success stories of a revitalized waterfront. As industry faded, new uses were found for the industrial buildigns and wharves., World Trade Center Boston, 1990 , With port activity at new container ship facilities, the World Trade Center project converted the hundred-year-old Commonwealth Pier into exhibition space and offices for Fidelity Investments, a major Boston financial services company., United States Courthouse, 1998 , Massachusetts federal courts have been a rich source of the principles of American Maritime Law. Its huge rotunda like a lighthouse, representing a beacon of justice, the new federal Courthouse on Fan Pier emphasizes that connection to the sea., 4,145,187 tons entered and cleared Port of Boston, 1900., 27,056,868 tons entered and cleared Port of Boston, 1973., 20,751,000 tons entered and cleared Port of Boston, 2000., [Timeline:] ,

1905: Gillette Safety Razor Company , 1930: Fishing industries , 1936: Eastern Airlines , 1956: Massachusetts Port Authority , 1990: Fidelity Investments , 1998: United States Courthouse