Construction begins
Construction began in 1896 thanks to over $8 million in public bond sales and stock purchases. The City of Boston spent $2 million to reroute the surrounding streets and utilities and constructed a seawall along Fort Point Channel.
Pictured: The site on June 12, 1897.
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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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