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Before the sewage treatment plant

By adamg on Mon, 03/07/2011 - 10:35am

Deer Island alms house

The good burghers of Boston have been using Deer Island for stuff they didn't really want near them since colonial days. In 1849, Boston built its alms house there. The image is from the Library of Congress's prints and photographs collection.

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Deer Island
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By anon on Mon, 03/07/2011 - 4:35pm.

Yeah, and Menino put the homeless shelter on Long Island. Same idea.

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By Judy on Tue, 03/08/2011 - 6:59am.

Long Island's social services predate him by close to a century. http://www.elderweb.com/node/2857

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By Chris Dowd on Mon, 03/07/2011 - 6:20pm.

. . . has a long dark history.

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