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South Bay Incinerator

Coordinates: 42°20′3.50″N 71°3′56.78″W / 42.3343056°N 71.0657722°W / 42.3343056; -71.0657722
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South Bay Incinerator
The inside of the South Bay Incinerator on South Bay Avenue in Roxbury
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CountryUnited States
Location70 South Bay Avenue, Roxbury, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°20′3.50″N 71°3′56.78″W / 42.3343056°N 71.0657722°W / 42.3343056; -71.0657722
StatusInactive
Commission date1961
Decommission date1975
Thermal power station
Primary fuelOrganic waste

The South Bay Incinerator was a trash incinerator located in Roxbury, Massachusetts. It is currently the site of the Greater Boston Food Bank.

A lightning storm over Boston in 1967 with the incinerator to the bottom-left of the image
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