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canals and infrastructure built a shantytown. The grid of city streets ended at the area's southern boundary, a street named
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212:
66:Pulaski Park
1548:Other lists
1508:Southbridge
1388:Marlborough
1342:Springfield
1275:New Bedford
969:Rock Valley
756:Holyoke Dam
724:Scott Tower
704:Attractions
306:, in 1996.
248:Description
162: /
138:Coordinates
1629:Categories
1438:Winchester
1413:Somerville
1373:Framingham
1301:Gloucester
1270:Fall River
1249:Barnstable
1156:Barnstable
984:Springdale
853:Government
625:Healthcare
526:Dominicans
521:Colombians
382:2013-12-10
326:References
220:along the
186:John Tighe
150:72°36′21″W
147:42°12′43″N
1518:Worcester
1454:Brookline
1423:Wakefield
1378:Lexington
1363:Cambridge
1358:Arlington
1221:Worcester
1201:Nantucket
1196:Middlesex
1191:Hampshire
1161:Berkshire
956:Ingleside
941:Highlands
929:The Flats
908:Downtown
904:Churchill
866:City Hall
801:Mount Tom
615:Geography
593:Education
257:in 2004.
218:city park
183:Architect
1590:Category
1513:Uxbridge
1490:southern
1485:northern
1418:Stoneham
1408:Sherborn
1311:Lawrence
1225:northern
1211:Plymouth
1181:Franklin
674:Politics
657:Timeline
566:Mexicans
556:Italians
314:See also
198:04000931
128:Location
1555:Bridges
1523:eastern
1428:Waltham
1403:Reading
1393:Medford
1368:Concord
1321:Methuen
1306:Ipswich
1296:Andover
1280:Taunton
1254:Harwich
1216:Suffolk
1206:Norfolk
1186:Hampden
1166:Bristol
964:Oakdale
924:Elmwood
647:History
603:Library
588:Economy
541:Germans
531:English
516:Chinese
489:Culture
261:History
1570:Boston
1480:Boston
1464:Quincy
1459:Milton
1433:Weston
1398:Newton
1383:Lowell
1099:Topics
999:Sports
669:People
546:Greeks
536:French
470:Topics
1326:Salem
1176:Essex
1171:Dukes
871:Mayor
664:Media
652:Mills
581:Scots
571:Poles
551:Irish
236:hero
216:is a
175:Built
1316:Lynn
561:Jews
178:1884
224:in
193:No.
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351:.
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334:^
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