Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Cambridge, United States

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 9 sights
Distance 4.2 km
Ascend 110 m
Descend 96 m

Explore Cambridge in United States with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in Cambridge

Sight 1: American Twine Office Park

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The American Net and Twine Company Factory is a historic factory at 155 2nd Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was built in 1875 by the nation's first manufacturer of cotton fishing nets. It now houses corporate office space. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

Wikipedia: American Net and Twine Company Factory (EN)

1112 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 2: Boston Duck Tours

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Boston Duck Tours is a privately owned company that operates historical tours of the city of Boston using replica World War II amphibious DUKW vehicles. Boston Duck Tours first started running tours in Boston, Massachusetts on October 5, 1994. The company has three departure locations throughout the city of Boston: the Prudential Center, the Museum of Science and the New England Aquarium.

Wikipedia: Boston Duck Tours (EN), Website

337 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: Nashua Street Park

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Nashua Street Park is a park in Boston, along the Charles River, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It was designed by the Halvorson Tighe & Bond Studio and constructed by McCourt Construction for the Department of Conservation and Recreation.

Wikipedia: Nashua Street Park (EN), Website

1543 meters / 19 minutes

Sight 4: Hoosac Stores

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The Hoosac Stores is a historic warehouse at 115 Constitution Road in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Originally designated Hoosac Stores 1 & 2, it is a six-story load-bearing brick warehouse, set just outside the gate of the Boston Navy Yard. A second, adjacent warehouse, identified as Hoosac Stores 3, was demolished in 2000 because it was structurally unsound.

Wikipedia: Hoosac Stores (EN), Website, Heritage Website

278 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: USS Constitution

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USS Constitution

USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a three-masted wooden-hulled heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She is the world's oldest commissioned naval warship still afloat. She was launched in 1797, one of six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794 and the third constructed. The name "Constitution" was among ten names submitted to President George Washington by Secretary of War Timothy Pickering in March of 1795 for the frigates that were to be constructed. Joshua Humphreys designed the frigates to be the young Navy's capital ships, and so Constitution and her sister ships were larger and more heavily armed and built than standard frigates of the period. She was built at Edmund Hartt's shipyard in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts. Her first duties were to provide protection for American merchant shipping during the Quasi-War with France and to defeat the Barbary pirates in the First Barbary War.

Wikipedia: USS Constitution (EN)

66 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: USS Cassin Young

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USS Cassin Young

USS Cassin Young (DD-793) is a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy named for Captain Cassin Young (1894–1942), who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism at the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and killed in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in the fall of 1942.

Wikipedia: USS Cassin Young (EN)

751 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 7: The Battle of Bunker Hill Museum

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The Battle of Bunker Hill Museum

The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston in the first stage of the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named after Bunker Hill in Charlestown, Massachusetts, which was peripherally involved. It was the original objective of both the colonial and British troops, though the majority of combat took place on the adjacent hill which became known as Breed's Hill.

Wikipedia: Battle of Bunker Hill (EN), Website

149 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Breeds Hill

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The Bunker Hill Monument is a monument erected at the site of the Battle of Bunker Hill in Boston, Massachusetts, which was among the first major battles between the Red Coats and Patriots in the American Revolutionary War. The 221-foot granite obelisk was erected between 1825 and 1843 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, with granite from nearby Quincy conveyed to the site via the purpose-built Granite Railway, followed by a trip by barge. There are 294 steps to the top.

Wikipedia: Breed's Hill (EN)

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Sight 9: Bunker Hill Monument

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The Bunker Hill Monument is a monument erected at the site of the Battle of Bunker Hill in Boston, Massachusetts, which was among the first major battles between the Red Coats and Patriots in the American Revolutionary War. The 221-foot granite obelisk was erected between 1825 and 1843 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, with granite from nearby Quincy conveyed to the site via the purpose-built Granite Railway, followed by a trip by barge. There are 294 steps to the top.

Wikipedia: Bunker Hill Monument (EN), Website

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