A eas
o ce
li ked
to
the
old
city
dump
we e
t a sfo med
with
t ees,
sh ubs
a d
g asses.
(Bosto
p ese vatio a
allia ce
photo)
Whe
Bosto
bega
wo k
o
the
Ce t al
A te y/Tu el
P oject,
bette
k ow
as
the
Big
Dig,
i
1991,
it
was
taki g
o
o e
of
the
biggest
i f ast uctu e
p ojects
i
the
city’s
histo y.
The
p oject
was
pla ed
to
educe
t affic
o
a
agei g
elevated
highway
a d
exte d
I-90
f om
south
of
dow tow
Bosto .The
wo k
also
i volved
emovi g
a
huge
amou t
of
soil.
Acco di g
to
Natio al
Pa k
Se vice,
the
Big
Dig
excavated
mo e
tha
16
millio
cubic
ya ds
of
soil,
c eati g
a
p oblem
of
whe e
all
that
mate ial
should
go.
Some
of
it
was
used
to
c eate
ew
g ee
spaces
i
Bosto ,
i cludi g
the
Rose
Fitzge ald
Ke edy
G ee way,
Mille ium
Pa k
a d
Memo ial
Stadium
Pa k.But
o e
of
the
most
st iki g
uses
of
the
soil
was
o
Spectacle
Isla d
i
Bosto
Ha bo .
Almost
a
qua te
of
all
the
soil
emoved
du i g
the
Big
Dig
was
se t
to
the
isla d.
The
mate ial
helped
cha ge
the
shape
of
Spectacle
Isla d
a d
played
a
majo
ole
i
its
e vi o me tal
esto atio .
City
dump
to
esto atio
p oject
Spectacle
Isla d
had
a
ve y
diffe e t
histo y
befo e
the
Big
Dig
soil
a ived.
F om
1921
to
1959,
the
isla d
was
used
as
a
city
dump.
Afte
it
was
aba do ed,
the
waste
bu ied
the e
co ti ued
to
c eate
p oblem.
By
the
1960s,
the
isla d
was
p oduci g
so
much
metha e
gas
that
u de g ou d
fi es
b oke
out.
The
fi es
bu ed
fo
ma y
yea s.Afte
bei g
selected
as
a
suitable
place
to
eceive
soil
f om
the
Big
Dig,
ba ges
ca ied
the
excavated
mate ial
ac oss
Bosto
Ha bo
to
the
isla d.
The
soil
was
used
as
pa t
of
a
p oject
to
cove
a d
seal
the
fo me
dump.
