Word: damming
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...voted for: the Bonus (1924), restrictive immigration (1924), Boulder Dam (1928), Muscle Shoals (1931), farm relief...
...silt, under which is a layer of gravel, and below this is clay or hard pan. A curious thing that was made apparent, after dredging began, was that in sections of the basin there are large beds of oyster shells where the river flowed before the dam was constructed in 1908. Officials in charge expressed the opinion that these shells had been left there by early inhabitants of the district, but it was not made clear whether the early fathers or the Indians made sea food an important item on their menu...
...widening of the Charles River Esplanade, construction of a boat haven and breakwater near the Union Boat Club, and the construction of a lagoon, 1000 feet in length, oposite Exeter and Fairhaven Streets, so that the present park will extend with out a break, from the dam to Cottage Farm Bridge...
...Work on Hoover Dam was delayed last week when heavy rains flooded the Colorado River. Water broke down a trestle, overflowed the diversion tunnels and threw 500 men out of work...
...voted against: the Federal Farm Board (1929), Boulder Dam...