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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Charles River dam, by virtue of an act passed by last year's General Court and approved June 24, is at last authorized after several years of agitation. By the terms of the bill, the dam is to be constructed across the lower end of the river in the narrowest part of the basin a short distance above the Craigie Bridge. A large fresh water basin will thus be created, extending from the Craigie Bridge up beyond the Longwood Bridge. The following committee on construction has recently been appointed: President, H. S. Pritchett of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, chairman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Charles River Dam Now Assured | 10/6/1903 | See Source »

...establishment of the permanent Metropolitan Park Commission in 1893, it was realized that the construction of a river park and embankment along the Charles must be an essential part of the scheme of public parks, and a committee appointed to investigate reported in favor of the building of a dam just above Craigie Bridge. This recommendation, however, owing to the imperfections of the engineering plans proposed, was not carried out. Since the legislative session of 1901, an active campaign has been carried on in behalf of the Charles River dam, by the following committee: J. J. Sorrow '85, chairman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Charles River Dam Now Assured | 10/6/1903 | See Source »

...Committee on Metropolitan Affairs, to which was referred the question of a dam across the Charles River, voted at its last meeting to report to the legislature a bill providing for the appointment of a commission to do the work. This commission is to be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Council. It will be a commission of experts, and the recess committee, which reported favorably to the legislature, will be represented...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Committee on Dam | 5/2/1903 | See Source »

...Metropolitan Park Commission will have absolute control of the dam and of the river as far up as Waltham, and the expense is to be met by extra appropriation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHARLES RIVER DAM BILL. | 4/8/1903 | See Source »

...makes provision for dredging in the Fens, for building sea-walls and for other matters of detail. In addition the act, if passed, will require the Boston and Maine Railroad to remove all tracks and other structures on the river within 400 feet of the lower face of the dam...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHARLES RIVER DAM BILL. | 4/8/1903 | See Source »

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