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Boston Bridge.

Collection of Facts and Documents Relative to the Project of a Bridge from South Street in Boston [Massachusetts] to Dorchester Neck, and the Annexation of that Peninsula to the Town of Boston.

Boston (Mass.): Printed by E. Lincoln, 1805.,

156.26 €

Forest Books William Laywood

(Grantham, United Kingdom)

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Boston Bridge.
Publishers
Boston (Mass.): Printed by E. Lincoln, 1805.
Keyword
BOSTON BRIDGE ENGINEERING MASSACHUSETTS ARCHITECTURE

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First Edition, [iii],4-62,[2]pp., later buckram. Begun as a commercial speculation, this bridge project, like others, became the centre of an important political controversy, involving questions of governmental roles in commercial development and public protection and access. Dorchester Neck and the annexation of that peninsula to the town of Boston. The state Legislature approved a petition in 1804 to annex the Neck to Boston and authorised a toll bridge to link the two areas. The Boston South Bridge opened in 1805.
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