Word: gradient
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...feet on the Boston side to 360 feet on the Cambridge side. There would be small possibilities of land damages in this case also, for with the exception of two small parcels, all the land affected is owned by the State or by the University. In either case the gradient of the approaches would be three per cent. With the 12-foot bridge the rise above the existing bridge would be about 3 1-2 feet and with the 16-foot bridge 7 1-2 feet, the existing bridge being about 8 1-2 feet above the Basin water level...