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Stony Brook was formerly a major watercourse in the city of Boston. Its headwaters are in the Stony Brook Reservation; it flowed through Hyde Park and Jamaica Plain, and Roxbury—roughly parallel to the current Providence/Stoughton Line—and emptied into the Back Bay, a tidal part of the Charles River.

Considerable water-powered industry grew up along its shores and it served as the sewer (excluding human waste) for the neighborhoods it ran through.

Through the 19th century, various parts of Stony Brook were converted into underground culverts or sewers. In around 1882, the Back Bay Fens were dredged to convert them into a holding basin for storm overflow from Stony Brook, following Olmsted's plan, and at around the same time its waters were diverted into an intercepting sewer near the current Ruggles Station.

Stony Brook Gate House cleaning, 1880

Stony Brook enters the sewer system

References

"Annual Report of the Street Department", February 1, 1892 in Documents of the City of Boston for the Year 1892, 2:110 at Google Books
Alex Krieger, David A. Cobb, and Amy Turner, Mapping Boston, p. 131ff
"A Sewer Runs Through It", The City Record and Boston News-Letter, blog page
"The Stony Brook During a Flood, c. 1890", The City Record and Boston News-Letter, blog page
Edwin Munroe Bacon, Walks and rides in the country round about Boston full text

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	'''Stony Brook''' was formerly a major watercourse in the city of [[Boston]]. Its headwaters are in the [[Stony Brook Reservation]]; it flowed through [[Hyde Park, Massachusetts\|Hyde Park]] and [[Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts\|Jamaica Plain]], and [[Roxbury, Massachusetts\|Roxbury]]—roughly parallel to the [[~~Boston~~ ~~& Providence~~]] ~~railway line—and~~ emptied into the [[Back Bay, Boston\|Back Bay]], a tidal part of the [[Charles River]].		'''Stony Brook''' was formerly a major watercourse in the city of [[Boston]]. Its headwaters are in the [[Stony Brook Reservation]]; it flowed through [[Hyde Park, Massachusetts\|Hyde Park]] and [[Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts\|Jamaica Plain]], and [[Roxbury, Massachusetts\|Roxbury]]—roughly parallel to the current [[Providence/Stoughton Line]]—and emptied into the [[Back Bay, Boston\|Back Bay]], a tidal part of the [[Charles River]].

	Considerable water-powered industry grew up along its shores and it served as the sewer (excluding human waste) for the neighborhoods it ran through.		Considerable water-powered industry grew up along its shores and it served as the sewer (excluding human waste) for the neighborhoods it ran through.