Chelsea Naval Annex

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Chelsea Naval Annex
Chelsea, Massachusetts

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Annexes of Boston Navy Yard in relation to Boston Harbor
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The Chelsea Naval Annex was a United States Navy shipyard annex located in Chelsea, Massachusetts. It was an annex of the Boston Navy Yard. [1] During its existence, it operated next to Chelsea Naval Hospital.

United States Navy Naval warfare branch of the United States Armed Forces

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Chelsea, Massachusetts City in Massachusetts, United States

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Great Chelsea fire of 1908

The Great Chelsea fire of 1908, also known as the First great Chelsea fire, was a conflagration that occurred on 12 April 1908, in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Nineteen people were killed, fifteen thousand people were left homeless, and 350 acres (140 ha) were burned in the fire. The fire started two hundred yards away from the Great Chelsea fire of 1973.

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