1 gen 1857 anni - 1857 Back Bay Landfill Begins

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Realizing that the state of the bay was a considerable problem, the city began filling in the 700 acres of the bay in 1857.

For fifty years, day and night, trains brought about 3,500 railroad cars of gravel from Needham and other areas each day. When the Great Fire of 1872 destroyed much of the city, rubble from the fire was used to fill in the bay.

The project finally reached completion in 1882. This new land nearly doubled the size of Boston peninsula. The newly built area became the Back Bay neighborhood.

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