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Cambridge Campus, Landfill Site, Site Selection, Dredging Charles River Basin at Boston Esplanade, circa 1903

Object summary

Title
Cambridge Campus, Landfill Site, Site Selection, Dredging Charles River Basin at Boston Esplanade, circa 1903
Object ID
GCP-00029986
Date made
circa 1903
Place made

United States, Massachusetts, Boston

Maker
Heliotype Printing Co.
Object type
Photograph
Major collection
MIT History
Named collection
Biographical/Subject Files Collection
On view
No
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Description

A dredger works in the Charles River Basin at the Boston Esplanade, circa 1903. Text on recto reads "Hydraulic dredge at work filling Esplanade." Stamp on verso reads "M.I.T. Historical Collections". Original credit line: Heliotype Printing Co.

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