page_title: Lewis Wharf
hierarchical_section_title: Lewis Wharf
caption_attribution_description: Detail of 1852 map of Boston by J. Slatter, showing North End and vicinity. Published by Dripps, M. (Matthew).
context_page_description: Lewis Wharf is a showpiece of waterfront urban renewal in Boston's historic North End. The granite structures on the wharf were built as an early 19th-century shopping mall in the era before railroads when water transport was the most efficient way to move commodities to marketplaces.
context_section_description: Lewis Wharf is a showpiece of waterfront urban renewal in Boston's historic North End. The granite structures on the wharf were built as an early 19th-century shopping mall in the era before railroads when water transport was the most efficient way to move commodities to marketplaces.
caption: Lewis Wharf appears in the center right of this 1852 map of Boston's North End.
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