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Northshore October 2025
The Trustees of Reservations are on a mission to make you care about the environment.The Great House on Castle HillWandering the manicured lawns surrounding the Crane Estate in Ipswich, the Trustees of Reservations' most-visited property, visitors would never guess what's just beneath the surface: a cavernous brick-lined chamber holding up to 135,000 gallons of water.When Chicago industrialist Richard T. Crane, Jr. built his palatial summer home in 1928, he planned carefully for the estate's water needs, using state-of-the-art technology-after all, the Cranes made their fortunes manufacturing plumbing supplies. As part of a plan that included
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