Word: dam
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...last obstacle to the construction of the Charles River Dam was removed yesterday, when, under the laws governing harbor improvements, the approval of Acting Secretary of War Oliver was obtained for the general construction plans...
...agitation for the building of this dam which will be of such great importance to the University, has been of long duration. The project of a tidal basin in the Back Bay was first suggested in 1859, but not until the establishment of the permanent Metropolitan Park Commission in 1893 was it realized that the construction of a river park and embankment along the Charles River was essential to the scheme of public parks. A committee reported in favor of a dam, but nothing further was done. For the past three years, however, the project has been under serious consideration...
...work on the dam, together with the construction of a lock and draw and the dredging of the canals and channels incident to the improvements, will be in accordance with an act passed by the General Court and approved last June, by the terms of which the dam is to be constructed across the lower end of the river, a short distance above the Craigie Bridge. A large fresh water basin, extending from the Craigle Bridge up beyond the Longwood Bridge, will this be created, and the variation of level due to the tide will be largely eliminated. The improvements...
...this evening. Commencing with the story of the discovery of the Pacific by Balboa, Mr. Fuller will summarize the history of the projects to connect the Atlantic and Pacific. He will describe the present condition of the Panama canal, the Eads ship railway, the Nicaragua route, Grey-town, Conchuda dam, San Juan river, and Lake Nicaragua. Through the courtesy of Admiral Walker, President of the Isthmian Canal Comission, Mr. Fuller has secured very recent views of the work already accomplished on both the Nicaragua and Panama routes...
...completed dam will largely eliminate the variation of level due to the tide, and will do away with the unsightly low-tide river bed; it will admit, therefore of the improvement and beautification of the banks all along the river. Aside from this, the dam and basin will greatly improve the river for University rowing. It will obviate the necessity for rowing at low-tide in a very narrow channel, as at present, and will facilitate coaching by allowing the launch to keep alongside the crew even at the narrowest parts of the river...