Harrisburg’s 1900s riverfront cleanup was part of larger conservation movement | Column

Mira Lloyd Dock helped launch a revolution.

Speaking to Harrisburg’s business leaders in late 1900, the reformer and botanist showed images comparing the ugliness of Harrisburg, especially a riverfront marred by sewage and garbage, with the beauty of cities in Europe and elsewhere in America…

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