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Dorchester Illustration 2373 Mile Road Dump

Dorchester Illustration no. 2373        Mile Road Dump, Columbia Point Mile Road Dump was located on Columbia Point.  Mt. Vernon Street is a mile-long road that runs straight from Kosciuzko Circle to the Calf Pasture Pumping Station, which can be seen … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration 2239 children playing in dump

Dorchester Illustration no. 2239 Today our illustration show children on improvised playground equipment made from discarded materials.  The scene is the Mile Road Dump at the end of Columbia Point, October, 1909. Photograph is by Lewis Wickes Hine, a sociologist … Continue reading

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