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Chelsea (City in Suffolk county Mass)

a city in Suffolk county, Mass.; separated from East Boston by Chelsea creek, and from Charlestown by the Mystic river. It is a suburb of Boston, and is connected with it by ferries, electric and steam railroads; and the Mystic river is crossed here by a bridge 3,000 feet long. Chelsea has a 'United States Naval and Marine Hospital, Soldiers' Home, Fitz Public Library, court house, city hall, etc.

Though Chelsea is in the Boston customs district and most of its business men are directly identified with the interests of CHELSEA CHEMISTRY Boston, it has extensive manufactories "Journal of Industrial and Engineering of rubber goods, foundry and machine Chemistry." shop products, leather, cordage, brass CHEMISTRY is that branch of science goods, pottery, iron and steel, etc. It has numerous churches, high and graded which deals with the composition of matpublic schools, weekly newspapers, and two National Banks. Chelsea was settled as Winnisimmet in 1630; was a part of Boston until it was organized as a town in 1738, and was incorporated as a city in 1857. The city suffered severe property losses from a destructive fire in 1908, but recovered quickly. Pop. (1910) 32,452; (1920) 43,184.