panda
Boston's Back Bay
Sanitary landfills
Boston (mass.), history
History - U.S
c 1800 to c 1900
Massachusetts
United States - General
Sociology, urban
Local History
Sociology
SOCIAL SCIENCE
History
"This book focuses on the filling of the Back Bay's largest section, the Receiving Basin. By the 1850s, pollution of the former tidal marsh and severe overcrowding in Boston inspired plans to fill the Back Bay. Work on the landfill began in earnest in 1858 and was completed around 1890 - and remains…
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