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Newman, William A. / Holton, Wilfred E. Boston's Back Bay: the story of America's greatest nineteenth-century landfill project. Northeastern University Press / University Press of New England, 2006, xiv, 228pp., very good dust-jacket, very good hardcover. SIGNED by both authors with full names, most briefly INSCRIBED to a recipient with first name only. "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." - CONTENTS: Prehistory of the Back Bay -- Why fill the Back Bay? -- Planning and financing the Back Bay Landfill -- Locomotives and steam shovels -- Gravel trains and bold entrepreneurs -- A shocking development fails to derail the project -- Environmental problems and zoning. 9781555536510 ISBN 1555536514.…