Bulfinch Triangle
- Date Range
- 1640 – 1826
- Title
- Bulfinch Triangle
- What occurred
- In the 1640s, a group of businesspeople received permission from the city of Boston to build a dam across a cove on the northern end of the peninsula (across from Charlestown). So, it can use the tide to power the flour mill. This then created Mill Pond. Unfortunately, the mills weren't very productive and were sold off by the 18th century. In turn, the new owners decided to close the floodgates resulting in a reduced flow. This allowed garbage and dead animals to pile up in the waterway. After this, the owners began asking the town for the right to fill it in. Finally In 1807 permission was granted which began the process of filling in Mill Pond now known as the Bulfinch Triangle. Once this was completed it added around 50 acres of land to the Boston area by 1826 creating the Boston we know today.
- Location
- beacon hill, boston, ma
- Image Citation
- 1.Mason, B. (2021, May 3). How Boston made itself bigger. Culture. Retrieved September 23, 2021, from https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/Boston-landfill-maps-history. 2.Westendmuseum. (2013, September 15). Menu. The West End Museum. Retrieved September 23, 2021, from https://thewestendmuseum.org/events/tour-land-making-tour-of-the-bulfinch-triangle/.
- Student name(s)
- andrew bassuk
Part of Bulfinch Triangle