Word: dam
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...course of his address Mr. Frothingham gave a sketch of the Charles River Dam question from the time of its first public discussion up to the present. The matter was originally taken up in 1814, but nothing was done in regard to it until 1869, when the Speaker of the House of Representatives appointed a commission to inquire into the advisability of constructing a dam across the Charles River. In spite of strong opposition the commission reported favorably on the subject, but the plan was quickly abandoned. In 1891 Mayor Matthews of Boston was instrumental in the appointment...
...Committee appointed by the legislature to consider the advisability of constructing a dam across the Charles River between Boston and Cambridge filed its report with the clerk of the General Court yesterday afternoon. The committee consisted of Mr. R. H. Dana '74, Mr. H. S. Pritchett, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Col. S. M. Mansfield, of the United States Engineering Corps. The committee recommends that a dam be built near the present site of the Craigie bridge and that a fresh-water basin be maintained at a permanent level. The report is most thorough and exhaustive...
These objections were all refuted by the evidence of the experts employed by the committee. The sanitary question was the hardest accurately to determine, but from a long series of experiments it was conclusively proved that the proposed dam would materially better the existing conditions...
...committee recommends the construction of a dam, one hundred and thirty feet in width, to serve also as a bridge. Provision is made for a large lock and proper sluicing appliances. The estimated cost of such a structure is $1,250,000 or substantially the same as the cost of a bridge, which must, if the dam is not constructed, be built at this point...
...committee has drafted for consideration of the legislature a bill providing for the construction of the dam...