Smokestack at historic Chestnut Hill pumping station to come down; commission ponders ways to commemorate the structure

The Chestnut Hill pumping station in question in 1893
By adamg - 5/29/24 - 8:14 am

The Boston Landmarks Commission agreed yesterday with the owners of one of the 19th-century pumping stations across from the Chestnut Hill Reservoir that its crumbling 150-foot smokestack needs to be taken down before it collapses, either spontaneously or in even a mild earthquake. Read more.

An engaging museum

By adamg - 5/26/11 - 9:37 am

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