Word: drawless
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Whereas, the only obstacle to the acceptance of this proposition is the refusal of the United States War Department to permit the construction, under present conditions, of a drawless bridge at this point of any less height than the new Cambridge Bridge...
...bill will be introduced in the State Senate tomorrow by Mr. D. W. Lane '94, providing for the erection of a new bridge over the Charles River at the end of Boylston street. The bridge contemplated will be a drawless structure of wood, sixty feet wide. The cost, which is estimated at $100,000, is to be divided equally between the cities of Boston and Cambridge. The height of the bridge over the channel will be twenty-six feet above mean high water, and will necessitate raising the present grade of the street...
...three wharf rights on the Boston side from the west Boston bridge to the Watertown dam have been purchased either by the cities along the river or by the Metropolitan Park Commission, and are new forever dedicated to park purposes. Moreover, a bill permitting the erection of a drawless bridge to replace the old West Boston bridge was recently passed by Congress, approved by the United States engineers and signed by the President. Within a year it will be impossible for vessels with masts to pass up the Charles River beyond the West Boston bridge...