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...construction of the new Anderson Bridge lover the Charles River at Boylston street is progressing steadily. The contractors have erected coffer dams, and are at work on the piers which will carry the new edifice. The foundations will be competed soon, and the construction will then move rapidly...
There will be two coffer-dams and a navigation lock 350 feet long, with a drawbridge and sluices. On top of the dam a roadway will be constructed to replace the Craigie bridge, and a parkway of seven acres will be laid out. The dam will turn the estuary of the Charles river into a fresh water basin, maintaining a level two feet lower than mean high water...