Atlantic Works Warehouse

Coordinates: 42°22′20″N 71°02′32″W / 42.37223°N 71.04215°W / 42.37223; -71.04215
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Atlantic Works
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General information
Location80 Border Street
Town or cityEast Boston, Massachusetts
CountryUnited States
Coordinates42°22′20″N 71°02′32″W / 42.37223°N 71.04215°W / 42.37223; -71.04215
Completed1893, 131 years ago
OwnerAtlantic Works, LLC
Technical details
Floor count4

Atlantic Works is a historic building in East Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Located at 80 Border Street at its junction with Maverick Street,[1][2] it was built in 1893 as the offices for Bethlehem Atlantic Works, a subsidiary of Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, which was in business from 1853 until 1984 and produced steamship boilers and engines. It was the largest manufacturing company in East Boston for over a century.[3]

The company moved here from Chelsea and Marion Streets, a few blocks to the northeast.[4][5] The building was renovated in 2010. As of 2021, it is the home of Atlantic Works Cultural Center and Atlantic Works Gallery, an artists' space.[5]

Popular culture[edit]

The building appears in the 2015 film Black Mass in the scene in which Johnny Depp's character Whitey Bulger picks up his new recruit, Kevin Weeks.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Portrait of a Port: Boston, 1852–1914, W. H. Bunting (1994), p. 92 ISBN 9780674690769
  2. ^ Exterior view of the Atlantic Works building, Border and Maverick Streets, East Boston, Mass., September 17, 1918 – Digital Commonwealth, Massachusetts Collections Online
  3. ^ East Boston, Anthony Mitchell Sammarco (2004) ISBN 9781439615560
  4. ^ Miscellaneous Documents, 30th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session · Volume 5 (1876), p. 307
  5. ^ a b Atlantic Works – East Boston Community Development Corporation

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