Historic Winthrop Photographs Winthrop Public Library and Museum - Whorf Collection Unloading supplies at the Revere Copper Works at Point Shirley File # 1261 Title Unloading supplies at the Revere Copper Works at Point Shirley Description Unloading supplies at the Revere Copper Works at Point Shirley in 1860. Governors Island in the left background. The Copper Works were operated from 1844 to 1869 by Joseph Warren Revere, the son of Paul Revere. It ran at its peak during the Civil War. Copper ore came from Chile. George Wyman is in the vest and shirt on the right. He and his son son August Wyman lived in the Tewksbury-Wyman House on Siren St. at that time. The kegs they are handling contained gunpowder which was made at the Powder Works in Acton, Mass. Photo taken in 1860. Date 1860 Format Photograph, TIF (2.5 MB), Glass plate negative Location Winthrop Public Library & Museum Collection H.C. Whorf Whorf ID 3-42 Project Local ID 261 Do you have information about this photograph? Please email: contact@winthropmemorials.org