1829The Essex Avenue causeway was filled in.Government and Public Service, Transportation

View from Bond’s Hill showing the work in progress of breaking up the rocky hillock at present-day Kent Circle, c. 1868. Cape Ann Museum Library & Archives, Photo 13083

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Essex Institute, Thomas E. Babson. "Evolutions of Cape Ann Roads and Transportation, 1623-1955: A Talk before the Cape Ann Historical Association, April 11, 1955." Oct. 1955.

Other Events

1829
A new meeting house was built for Universalists in Sandy Bay.
1829
The first American-built wood-fired steamboat Tom Thumb passed through the Cut.
1830
Population: 7,510
1830
The North Orthodox Congregational Church was formed in Lanesville.

1829The Essex Avenue causeway was filled in.Government and Public Service, Transportation

Other Events

A new meeting house was built for Universalists in Sandy Bay.

The first American-built wood-fired steamboat Tom Thumb passed through the Cut.

Population: 7,510

The North Orthodox Congregational Church was formed in Lanesville.