The First Big Dig

Scenes from Joe McKendry's new illustrated history of the Boston subway

(Illustrations and text from ''Beneath the Streets of Boston'' by Joe McKendry (David R. Godine, 2005))

Scenes from Joe McKendry's new book

By By Jennifer Schuessler

June 5, 2005

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In 1895, faced with downtown congestion that far exceeded even today's, Boston's city fathers broke ground on a mammoth (and mammothly expensive) public works project that pushed the boundaries of engineering knowledge and sent even reluctant Bostonians underground in quest of cheaper, faster, more efficient transportation. In his new book ''Beneath the Streets of Boston: Building America's First Subway," published ... (Full article: 1254 words)