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Beneath Our Feet: With a clean water supply system in place by the mid-19th century, Boston then focused on disposal of waste water. Up to the mid-1870s, sewers were built privately, but with an increase in population and pollution, drainage problems loomed. This 1877 map illustrates proposed subterranean sewer lines, along with reservoirs and pumping stations at the coast. From these sites, waste water would flow into Boston Harbor, as displayed here. Drinking water continued to be affected after new lines were constructed, which prompted the state to establish the cooperative Metropolitan Sewerage District, the first of its kind in the United States.
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Document identity
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9s161h94c
label
City of Boston improved sewerage
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obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
9s161h94c
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
City of Boston improved sewerage
description
Beneath Our Feet: With a clean water supply system in place by the mid-19th century, Boston then focused on disposal of waste water. Up to the mid-1870s, sewers were built privately, but with an increase in population and pollution, drainage problems loomed. This 1877 map illustrates proposed subterranean sewer lines, along with reservoirs and pumping stations at the coast. From these sites, waste water would flow into Boston Harbor, as displayed here. Drinking water continued to be affected after new lines were constructed, which prompted the state to establish the cooperative Metropolitan Sewerage District, the first of its kind in the United States.
date
["[1877]"]
year
1877
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_004285
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Urban Maps
Boston and New England Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Sewerage--Massachusetts--Boston--Maps
Boston (Mass.)--Sanitary affairs--Maps
Boston Harbor (Mass.)--Sanitary affairs--Maps
Massachusetts--Sanitary affairs--Maps
Boston (Mass.)--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Boston Harbor
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
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import
pubPlace
Boston
publisher
s.n.
Source extras
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sf268508b
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9s1621613
schema:latitude
42.3333
schema:longitude
-70.9667
extent
1 map : col. ; 44 x 70 cm.
notes
Inset: Plan showing supposed course of bottles.
Boston Public Library copy cut from the Report of the Joint Special Committee on Improved Sewerage of July 1877.
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no
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9s161h94c
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map
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1
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photo
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