Annual report of the Boston Transit Commission, for the year ending .. . icinity. A ventilating chamber for two 7-foot fans (Plate 38) is tobe built just north of Kings Chapel. The position selectedfor the shaft will probably be in the burial-ground just northof Kings Chapel. Preliminary Work. — During the time of advertising forbids, work was begun by the Commission to determine to agreater extent than that shown by the borings the characterof the softest ground. A slice (called later Slice No. 3)was begun April 11, 1896, opposite the Massachusetts His-torical building on Tremont street. From
Annual report of the Boston Transit Commission, for the year ending .. . icinity. A ventilating chamber for two 7-foot fans (Plate 38) is tobe built just north of Kings Chapel. The position selectedfor the shaft will probably be in the burial-ground just northof Kings Chapel. Preliminary Work. — During the time of advertising forbids, work was begun by the Commission to determine to agreater extent than that shown by the borings the characterof the softest ground. A slice (called later Slice No. 3)was begun April 11, 1896, opposite the Massachusetts His-torical building on Tremont street. From this slice smallheadings on each side were driven in positions to be occu-pied by the bottoms of the side-walls. Contractors wereinvited to visit these drifts. The work was continued untilthe contract was awarded May 7, 1896. The material gainedin excavation was carried by a trench-machine across theKings Chapel burying-ground to Court square, where itwas dumped into a hopper. From the latter it was takeninto carts and used as a part of the grading in
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