Word: dam
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...wish the crew the best of success in the season which it is beginning today. Rowing out of doors will come later than usual this spring because of the new dam, but when the ice does go out of the Charles, we confidently expect to see an eight which will live up to the splendid reputation made by its victorious predecessor...
...flow of the Charles River was stopped yesterday by the closing of the dam that has been under construction for several months near the Craigie Bridge. The cutting off of the river channel is to allow the construction of the main section of the permanent dam and roadway. It will be fully a year from now before the completion of the entire work can be observed, for after the dam is finished a roadway 100 feet wide is to be built along its top, serving as a permanent substitute for the old Craigie Bridge. The shutting off of the water...
Professor G. A. Reisner '89 has been chosen to an important post in Egypt. This is the charge of the excavations that are now being carried on above the new Assouan dam. A large tract of country is soon to be inundated by a raise in the level of the dam, and it is the intention of the Egyptian government to have this territory thoroughly explored for archacological remains before it is covered with water. With several trained assistants and a large force of workmen Professor Reisner entered on his work in September last, and in the first month...
Work on the Charles River Dam, which was begun March 1, 1905, is progressing as rapidly as can be expected. The principal causes for delay have been overcome. All the concrete and masonry work has been completed, and the dam in connection with the look and sluices has been finished. The large lock gates are being erected at the lock, and the sluice gates at the sluices. It is necessary to have the looks in operation before a beginning can be made on the cut-off of the tidal flow. Except for a few minor details, work...
Nothing will be attempted on the other Cambridge subway, authorized by the same act, which will go by way of Cambridge street to the Charles River Dam, until the first one is near completion. The building of the Cambridge street route may be postponed for 10 years. At the expiration of that period the city will have the right to build this subway, and after a 20-year period the right of purchasing all the subways...