Sights in Boston and suburbs : or, guide to the stranger . treet, one hundred and ninety-one feet seveninches; and on the rear of Mount Vernon-street, twohundred and six feet and five inches. From the founda-tion to the summit, exclusive of railing, it is on Derne-street sixty-six feet, and on the rear of Mount Vernon-street forty-three feet high. THE BOSTON WATER-WORKS. 67 This building is an immense basin, or reservoir. Itrests on arches of immense strength, fourteen and three; fourths feet span. The basin holds 2,678,961 wine gal-lons of water. Two granite tablets are placed on* the north s
Sights in Boston and suburbs : or, guide to the stranger . treet, one hundred and ninety-one feet seveninches; and on the rear of Mount Vernon-street, twohundred and six feet and five inches. From the founda-tion to the summit, exclusive of railing, it is on Derne-street sixty-six feet, and on the rear of Mount Vernon-street forty-three feet high. THE BOSTON WATER-WORKS. 67 This building is an immense basin, or reservoir. Itrests on arches of immense strength, fourteen and three; fourths feet span. The basin holds 2,678,961 wine gal-lons of water. Two granite tablets are placed on* the north side of theReservoir, with the following inscriptions: BOSTON WATER-WORKS. BEGUN AUGUST, 1846. WATER INTRODUCED OCTOBER, 1848. JOSIAH QUTNCY, JR., Mayor. (NATHAN HALE,COMMISSIONERS, 1 JAMES F. BALDWIN,I THOMAS B. CURTIS. BOSTON WATER-WORKS- THE RESERVOIR COMPLETED NOVEMBER, 1849. JOHN P. BIGELOW, Mayor. (f. S. WHITWELL, East , ?< E. S. CHESBROUGH, West Div.(JOHN. B. JERVIS, Consulting. CHAPTER VIII. BOSTON COMMON. — OLD ELM. FROG Were we to be asked, What is the great feature ofBoston city, we should assuredly reply, Boston Common, The parks of the British metropolis have not unaptlybeen termed the lungs of London. With equal appropri-ateness the Common of Boston may be styled the great (68) BOSTON COMMON. 69 breathing apparatus of Boston. In summer or in winterthose forty-eight acres of undulating ground, green withgrass or white with snow, constitute a favorite place ofresort. And when the noble trees that abound there arethick with foliage, no more delightful promenade thanthose broad avenues beneath their interlacing boughscould well be imagined. A glance at the early history of the Common may notbe uninteresting. In 1634, commissioners were chosen to dispose of un-occupied lands. They were directed to leave out portionsfor new comers and the further benefits of the town. TheCommon was among the reserved portions, and becamepublic property, as a trai
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