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On May 20, 1921, a strange sight was seen coming up the Chelsea River. The newspapers reported: “The family of George E. Kezer, lighthouse keeper, continued their household duties and pleasures today while their cottage was moved eight miles on a lighter from Lovell’s Island up Boston Harbor to Chelsea. A new lighthouse depot and buoy wharf has been established in Chelsea. Kezer was assigned to it recently and because of the present conditions in the building industry, the government decided to float Kezer’s home to his new station rather than erect a new dwelling for him.
“Pedestrians who lined the bridge over the Chelsea River at Meridian Street were interested as the cottage was floated through the draw at the river channel with Kezer’s wife and four children going about their home business undisturbed. The house had been moved on rollers 700 feet to the water’s edge at Lovell’s Island and then floated at high tide and gently lifted to the lighter’s deck.”
If you look carefully at the photo, you can see one of the Kezer family members peering out the upstairs window of the dwelling. The rest of the people in this particular photo appear to be workmen, riding along to unload the building when it reached the Chelsea depot. (National Archives photo)
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