India Wharf

India Wharf (1804-c. 1962) in Boston, Massachusetts, flourished in the 19th century, when it was one of the largest commercial wharves in the port.

[2] An observer in 1815 described: "Across from the long wharves, or in the western part of the city, the India Wharf runs from north to south.

An immense stone store, 1,340 feet in length, is divided into rooms containing merchandise from the East Indies...."[5] Merchants operating from India Wharf included China traders Russell and Company (1824);[4] Samuel Austin, Jr.; James Carter; J.T.

[4] Through the mid-19th century, India Wharf became Boston's "headquarters of the trade with the Orient and many valuable cargoes from Canton, Calcutta, Russia and the Mediterranean ports were discharged there.

can recall the time when several large square riggers were moored at the wharf, unloading their cargoes of tea, coffee, spices and fruit.