Plan showing proposed route of Subway, February 1895

Beneath Our Feet: By the late 19th century, Boston was grappling with a rapidly expanding population that needed reliable transportation throughout the city for their daily needs. Tremont Street near Boston Common was the epicenter of a chaotic transit network, seeing hundreds...

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