Author: Stuart Marwell
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781017732191
Category : Buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
... a history of a building on Columbia Point that was once the heart of the Boston sewer system; this item was in the BRA collection; it is a poor quality copy that is often unreadable ...
Calf Pasture Pumping Station
Author: Stuart Marwell
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781017732191
Category : Buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
... a history of a building on Columbia Point that was once the heart of the Boston sewer system; this item was in the BRA collection; it is a poor quality copy that is often unreadable ...
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781017732191
Category : Buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
... a history of a building on Columbia Point that was once the heart of the Boston sewer system; this item was in the BRA collection; it is a poor quality copy that is often unreadable ...
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Author: Boston (Mass.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 1710
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Calf Pasture Pumping Station
Author: Jay Bazzinotti
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Languages : en
Pages : 290
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In historic Boston a drunken ex-cop and bartender must find his way back after his wife and daughter die and his father is severely injured in an accident he caused. Broken in many ways, he discovers he can still be of use when an acquaintance turns to him for help after being tortured in a back room by a mysterious and sadistic pair of men who work in the shadows of city government while committing the crime of the century.
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Pages : 290
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In historic Boston a drunken ex-cop and bartender must find his way back after his wife and daughter die and his father is severely injured in an accident he caused. Broken in many ways, he discovers he can still be of use when an acquaintance turns to him for help after being tortured in a back room by a mysterious and sadistic pair of men who work in the shadows of city government while committing the crime of the century.
Gaining Ground
Author: Nancy S. Seasholes
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262350211
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 553
Book Description
Why and how Boston was transformed by landmaking. Fully one-sixth of Boston is built on made land. Although other waterfront cities also have substantial areas that are built on fill, Boston probably has more than any city in North America. In Gaining Ground historian Nancy Seasholes has given us the first complete account of when, why, and how this land was created.The story of landmaking in Boston is presented geographically; each chapter traces landmaking in a different part of the city from its first permanent settlement to the present. Seasholes introduces findings from recent archaeological investigations in Boston, and relates landmaking to the major historical developments that shaped it. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, landmaking in Boston was spurred by the rapid growth that resulted from the burgeoning China trade. The influx of Irish immigrants in the mid-nineteenth century prompted several large projects to create residential land—not for the Irish, but to keep the taxpaying Yankees from fleeing to the suburbs. Many landmaking projects were undertaken to cover tidal flats that had been polluted by raw sewage discharged directly onto them, removing the "pestilential exhalations" thought to cause illness. Land was also added for port developments, public parks, and transportation facilities, including the largest landmaking project of all, the airport. A separate chapter discusses the technology of landmaking in Boston, explaining the basic method used to make land and the changes in its various components over time. The book is copiously illustrated with maps that show the original shoreline in relation to today's streets, details from historical maps that trace the progress of landmaking, and historical drawings and photographs.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262350211
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 553
Book Description
Why and how Boston was transformed by landmaking. Fully one-sixth of Boston is built on made land. Although other waterfront cities also have substantial areas that are built on fill, Boston probably has more than any city in North America. In Gaining Ground historian Nancy Seasholes has given us the first complete account of when, why, and how this land was created.The story of landmaking in Boston is presented geographically; each chapter traces landmaking in a different part of the city from its first permanent settlement to the present. Seasholes introduces findings from recent archaeological investigations in Boston, and relates landmaking to the major historical developments that shaped it. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, landmaking in Boston was spurred by the rapid growth that resulted from the burgeoning China trade. The influx of Irish immigrants in the mid-nineteenth century prompted several large projects to create residential land—not for the Irish, but to keep the taxpaying Yankees from fleeing to the suburbs. Many landmaking projects were undertaken to cover tidal flats that had been polluted by raw sewage discharged directly onto them, removing the "pestilential exhalations" thought to cause illness. Land was also added for port developments, public parks, and transportation facilities, including the largest landmaking project of all, the airport. A separate chapter discusses the technology of landmaking in Boston, explaining the basic method used to make land and the changes in its various components over time. The book is copiously illustrated with maps that show the original shoreline in relation to today's streets, details from historical maps that trace the progress of landmaking, and historical drawings and photographs.
Annual Report of the Executive Department of the City of Boston ...
Author: Boston. Executive Department
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Languages : en
Pages : 1376
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Pages : 1376
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Annual Report [of the Superintendent]
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Pages : 220
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Pages : 220
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Report
Author: Boston (Mass.) Public Works Department
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Languages : en
Pages : 654
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Pages : 654
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Annual Report
Author: Boston (Mass.). Public Works Dept
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Category : Boston
Languages : en
Pages : 662
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Category : Boston
Languages : en
Pages : 662
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Annual Report
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Pages : 608
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Pages : 608
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Cultural Landscape Report for the Boston Harbor Islands, Boston Harbor Islands National & State Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Author: Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation (U.S.)
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Category : Boston Harbor Islands (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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Category : Boston Harbor Islands (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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