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The main channel of Boston harbor has undoubtedly been swept out in the course of ages by the water flowing in and out of the tidal basins of Mystic River and Charles River . These have kept the main channel in front of Long wharf at ...
The main channel of Boston harbor has undoubtedly been swept out in the course of ages by the water flowing in and out of the tidal basins of Mystic River and Charles River . These have kept the main channel in front of Long wharf at ...
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Besides these broad tidal basins act as catch - basins for the alluvial silt which comes down into the Charles River and the Mystic River ; so that the water , by spreading out , and moving very slowly deposits this silt .
Besides these broad tidal basins act as catch - basins for the alluvial silt which comes down into the Charles River and the Mystic River ; so that the water , by spreading out , and moving very slowly deposits this silt .
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Nearly the whole of this alluvial silt is deposited on the marshes , and in the shoal water of the river mouths before reaching the harbor . " That is the reason why we have forty feet of mud in the Charles River , and none in the ...
Nearly the whole of this alluvial silt is deposited on the marshes , and in the shoal water of the river mouths before reaching the harbor . " That is the reason why we have forty feet of mud in the Charles River , and none in the ...
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A. If you fill up , as proposed , and thereby have the discharge of the Charles River , with its alluvial matter suspended in it , discharged directly into the roadsteads of the harbor , you would deprive the harbor of this arm of the ...
A. If you fill up , as proposed , and thereby have the discharge of the Charles River , with its alluvial matter suspended in it , discharged directly into the roadsteads of the harbor , you would deprive the harbor of this arm of the ...
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Q. Now , coming back to the upper harbor , the part which lies between Boston and East Boston , which I understand is chiefly maintained by the tidal reservoirs of what is commonly called Charles River , and Mystic River , and Chelsea ...
Q. Now , coming back to the upper harbor , the part which lies between Boston and East Boston , which I understand is chiefly maintained by the tidal reservoirs of what is commonly called Charles River , and Mystic River , and Chelsea ...
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