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Firemen Flushing Snow which clogged Fort Point channel after thousands of tons had been dumped from trucks. Summer street bridge in background. Fireboat Matthew J. Boyle also was used to clear the channel.
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Firemen Flushing Snow which clogged Fort Point channel after thousands of tons had been dumped from trucks. Summer street bridge in background. Fireboat Matthew J. Boyle also was used to clear the channel.

[ca. February 1940]

CC0 — Public Domain
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[Information from item housing] Weather: Snowstorms: Feb. 1940

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