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Massachusetts passes “An Act Relative to the Pollution of Rivers,” prohibiting industrial and municipal waste in waterways, with the exception of the Connecticut River, Merrimack River, and the industrialized Concord River in Lowell.
Massachusetts passes “An Act Relative to the Pollution of Rivers,” prohibiting industrial and municipal waste in waterways, with the exception of the Connecticut River, Merrimack River, and the industrialized Concord River in Lowell.
Timeline Date:
1878
Related Teaching Unit:
Water Power, Industrial Manufacturing, and Environmental Transformation in 19th-Century New England