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020 $a1555536514 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a9781555536510 (cloth : alk. paper)
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035 $a(DLC) 2005035371
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050 00 $aTD795.7$b.N545 2006
082 00 $a627/.5490974461$222
100 1 $aNewman, William A.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86838696
245 10 $aBoston's Back Bay :$bthe story of America's greatest nineteenth-century landfill project /$cWilliam A. Newman and Wilfred E. Holton.
260 $aBoston :$bNortheastern University Press ;$aHanover :$bUniversity Press of New England,$c[2006], ©2006.
300 $axiv, 228 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 1 $a"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 the largest residential and commercial landfill project ever carried out in the United States." "Opening with a look at the geological history of the Black Bay and its life as a tidal marsh, this narrative examines the roles of planners, politicians, engineers, and contractors who made it possible to dump millions of tons of sand and gravel into the marsh. Innovative new technologies were needed to excavate, move, and grade the heavy loads, and to construct substantial buildings on very soft ground. Newman and Holton tap into a wide variety of primary sources including rare maps and plans, photography collections, corporate and railroad archives, political documents, deeds, mortgages, and bankruptcy records, all of which underscore the significance of the Back Bay landfill as a central component of Boston's development from a small town to a major metropolis in the nineteenth century."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aSanitary landfills$zMassachusetts$zBoston$xHistory$y19th century.
651 0 $aBack Bay (Boston, Mass.)$xHistory$y19th century.
700 1 $aHolton, Wilfred E.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2005088992
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip065/2005035371.html
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