Post Office
The Boston Chamber of Commerce called for the installation of a post office at South Station in November 1916, to speed up the processing and distribution of mail throughout the region. Though initially a temporary measure, the post office was expanded as the South Postal Annex in 1960. The Post Office now operates in a separate building.
Pictured: Mailroom handler Charlie Sciarini throws out larger pieces of mail that will not fit through conveyor belt, at the Main US Post Office building near South Station.
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- Boston Terminal Company
- Construction begins
- South Station complete
- Train service begins
- Dewey Square
- Elevated station
- Third rail system
- New announcing system
- Post Office
- World War I
- Dispatchers
- Liberty Bell
- Modernization
- Christmas
- Amenities
- Making history
- More changes
- Chapel
- More routes
- Changing hands
- Bankruptcy
- Boston Redevelopment Authority
- Amtrak
- National landmark
- Clock
- Bus terminal
- MBTA takes over
- Running smoothly
- Renovations complete
- Acela train
- Silver and Red lines
- New departure board
- Rose Kennedy Greenway
- Future expansion
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