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Paperback Chelsea in the 20th Century Book

ISBN: 0738536288

ISBN13: 9780738536286

Chelsea in the 20th Century

(Part of the Images of America: Massachusetts Series)

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After a devastating fire in Boston in 1873, many factories relocated to Chelsea, just a mile away across the Mystic River. An inexpensive passenger ferry also made Chelsea a convenient destination for the rising number of immigrants arriving in Boston. With jobs and affordable housing, the city by the early twentieth century had grown from a summer retreat for the wealthy to one of the most densely populated cities in America. When fire struck again,...

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