New land and canal, Boston, 1829 (now Beacon St.).
Digital Commonwealth — Historic New England

New land and canal, Boston, 1829 (now Beacon St.).

1829

CC0 — Public Domain
Digital Commonwealth — Historic New England

View from mill canal showing the swampy Back Bay area before it was filled in. In distance, the State House and Beacon Hill. Foreground: team of oxen. [possibly copied from period litho.?]

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