Place

Thimble Island

Black and White Photo of a brick pumping station located on the edge of the harbor
Calf Pasture Pump House located in Dorchester Bay

Main Drainage Works of the City of Boston, 1888

Quick Facts
Location:
Boston Harbor
OPEN TO PUBLIC:
No

Sitting in Dorchester Bay, just beyond Thompson Island is Thimble Island. A small rocky outcropping, it once served as the middle shaft for a sewage tunnel. Little else is known about the island.1


 

Footnotes

  1. Edward Snow, The Islands of Boston Harbor (Carlisle, MA: Commonwealth Editions, 2002), 104; "Moon Island and the Old Boston Drainage System," Boston Harbor Beacon, last modified January 25, 2015, accessed April 18, 2023, http://www.bostonharborbeacon.com/2015/01/25/moon-island/.

Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area

Last updated: August 10, 2023