Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1956
The following is from : http://www.nearchitecture.com/buildings/ma/calf_pasture_pumping_station.html
The Calf Pasture Pumping Station was the first sewage pumping station in Boston. It was commissioned as part of a plan to alleviate a growing problem of air quality in the city due to accumulating sewage. Boston built a network of public sewage lines which terminated at the Calf Pasture station where the waste water was then pumped through a tunnel under Dorchester Bay to Moon Island and then released into the ocean.
The building was designed by architect George Albert Clough, and built on Old Harbor Point which was a remote location at the time of construction.
The building was completed in 1883, although additions were made several times afterward. It continued as the main headworks of Boston’s sewage system until 1968 when a more modern facility was constructed on Deer Island.
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