“You have to come over and see this thing in my backyard. It’s something you wouldn’t expect to find, and it’s quite fascinating. Imagine discovering old underground garbage cans that were once used decades ago,” my friend said. That’s how the call began from my friend Mike weeks ago. “I think I just discovered an underground bombing shelter,” he said. Of course I hustled over. What he discovered wasn’t a bomb shelter after all — but, rather, one of those old underground garbage cans. BeneathSource: GBH Unearthing New England’s Forgotten Underground Garbage Cans A few weeks ago, a friend called me over to check out something weird in their backyard. Tucked under some leaves and surrounded by dried grass was a rusted metal hatch. It looked solid—heavy-duty—and was stamped with “Somerville, Mass.” We couldn’t figure out what it was. A water tank? An old utility vault? After some digging (both literal and on Google), the mystery was solved: it was an underground garbage can. These…
