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Book Gaining Ground

    Book Details:
  • Author : Nancy S. Seasholes
  • Publisher : MIT Press
  • Release : 2018-04-13
  • ISBN : 0262534835
  • Pages : 553 pages

Download or read book Gaining Ground written by Nancy S. Seasholes and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2018-04-13 with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book The Boston Metropolitan District

Download or read book The Boston Metropolitan District written by Caroline Shillaber and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina

Download or read book Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina written by South Carolina and published by . This book was released on 1839 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Journal of the Senate of the State of South Carolina  Being the Sessions of

Download or read book Journal of the Senate of the State of South Carolina Being the Sessions of written by South Carolina. General Assembly. Senate and published by . This book was released on 1839 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Technical Americana

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  • Author : Evald Rink
  • Publisher : Millwood, N.Y. : Kraus International Publications
  • Release : 1981
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 816 pages

Download or read book Technical Americana written by Evald Rink and published by Millwood, N.Y. : Kraus International Publications. This book was released on 1981 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the United States House of Representatives  1789 1946  Record Group 233

Download or read book Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the United States House of Representatives 1789 1946 Record Group 233 written by National Archives (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the United States House of Representatives  1789 1946

Download or read book Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the United States House of Representatives 1789 1946 written by United States. National Archives and Records Administration and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Download or read book Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts written by Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Goldsmiths  Kress Library of Economic Literature

Download or read book Goldsmiths Kress Library of Economic Literature written by Research Publications, inc and published by Primary Source Microfilm. This book was released on 1976 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Congressional Record

Download or read book Congressional Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States

Download or read book Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States written by United States. Congress. House and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 1574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some vols. include supplemental journals of "such proceedings of the sessions, as, during the time they were depending, were ordered to be kept secret, and respecting which the injunction of secrecy was afterwards taken off by the order of the House."

Book Congressional Record

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  • Author : United States. Congress
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1964
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 1480 pages

Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 1480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)

Book Senate documents

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  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1890
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 356 pages

Download or read book Senate documents written by and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Reports of Proceedings

Download or read book Reports of Proceedings written by Boston (Mass.). City Council and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 1156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book House documents

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  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1890
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 528 pages

Download or read book House documents written by and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: