Word: length
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...artificial bathing beach for the use of the general public is being laid out on the Cambridge side of the Charles river just above the Longwood bridge. The beach will be 800 feet in length and the breadth at low tide 180 feet. A raft has already been set out, with buoys and life-lines. During the summer, bathing houses will be provided free of charge and suits may be rented at a nominal cost. The now beach is a part of the Cambridge park system. It will be ready for use by the middle of next month...
...sixth annual Metropolitan regatta was held on the Charles River yesterday afternoon under unfavorable conditions. The rough water caused two accidents. In the junior eight oar race, the Union Boat club interscholastic crew was swamped one-third of a mile from the start, when they were almost a length ahead of the Weld and Newell crews...
...Weld senior crew was badly beaten by the senior crew of the Millstream Boat club. The Weld crew got off first, but by the bridge Millstream had gained a length, and all the way to the finish they gradually increased their lead...
...single scullers will meet all comers in their classes. The races will follow each other as rapidly as possible, and will all be one mile and a half in length. The eights will row the distance straightaway, finishing at the Union Boat Club, but the other races will be rowed with a turn, starting and finishing at the Union Boat Club at Arlington street. The orders of the Harvard crews...
...place of the row of smaller windows in the original plan. The four projecting balconies at the corners thus appear as towers, 21 feet square, rising above the main roof, those fronting on the speedway being made square instead of bowed as before. The float will extend the length of the building at a uniform breadth...