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... Charles River , and in some places the channel is twenty- five feet deep . And where it is proposed to put the line , the wall must be built on the line of this channel ; and such a wall requires to be built in a ... CHARLES RIVER FLATS . 33.
... Charles River , and in some places the channel is twenty- five feet deep . And where it is proposed to put the line , the wall must be built on the line of this channel ; and such a wall requires to be built in a ... CHARLES RIVER FLATS . 33.
Page 38
... River and Charles River . These have kept the main channel in front of Long wharf at its present depth . And I need not argue , because it is too clear for argument that anything substantial in the amount of in - flow or out - flow of ...
... River and Charles River . These have kept the main channel in front of Long wharf at its present depth . And I need not argue , because it is too clear for argument that anything substantial in the amount of in - flow or out - flow of ...
Page 39
... Charles River and the Mystic River ; so that the water , by spreading out , and moving very slowly deposits this silt . That accounts for the forty feet of mud . So that the water , when it flows through the narrow channels of the ...
... Charles River and the Mystic River ; so that the water , by spreading out , and moving very slowly deposits this silt . That accounts for the forty feet of mud . So that the water , when it flows through the narrow channels of the ...
Page 41
... 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 channel . It is peculiarly fortu- nate for the harbor of Boston that the rivers that come into it have ...
... 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 channel . It is peculiarly fortu- nate for the harbor of Boston that the rivers that come into it have ...
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... 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 sea which acts as a catch- basin . As soon as the Charles River leaves ...
... 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 sea which acts as a catch- basin . As soon as the Charles River leaves ...
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100 A parcel 25 feet 50 feet avenue Back Bay Beacon street bounded as follows bridge building Castle street cent channel Charles River City of Boston committee commonwealth containing eight hundred containing nine hundred containing one thousand containing seven hundred containing six hundred described as taken dollars Dover street East Boston eastwardly Edward Tuckerman Eliot street Emerald street filling flats foot formerly belonging formerly of George formerly of Henry formerly of James formerly of John formerly of Mary formerly of William heirs of Edward Indiana place land belonging legislature less Lucas street measuring twenty feet Middlesex street Northeast northeastwardly by land Northwest parcel of land park Sarah SHATTUCK side South Boston Southeast southwest square feet Suffolk street tidal basins Tremont street trustees twenty and feet wardly by land Washington street West Boston bridge westwardly by land wharf