Thompson Island (Boston, Massachusetts)

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompson_Island_(Massachusetts)
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Coordinates:   42°18'54"N   71°0'29"W

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  • For about 100 years there was a school on Thompsons Island.It was called the Farm and Trades School.It closed in the 1960's. The population of the Island was about 70 boys; aged 10 to 16, and about 30 instructors. The boys lived on the island and were allowed vacations with their families for 10 to 15 days a year. The lenght of the vacation depended on their behavior. The boys went to school four hours and worked four hours a day. The main work was on the farm. The school had its dairy herd,beef herd,pig farm and chicken coops. That and about fifty acres of vegetables made the island almost self-sustaining.
  • It is now home to an Outward Bound facility
  • during low tide there is a sandbank connecting the Squantum peninsula with Thomson Island - one can walk there
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