Word: locked
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Work on the Charles River dam, which was begun March 1, 1905, has been continued without interruption during the summer. All the concrete work is practically finished, and the sluices and small boat lock on the Cambridge side will be completed before the cold weather. The Boston marginal conduit, through which all overflow from the sewers on stormy days will be carried down to tide-water instead of into the basin, is as near completion as the rest of the work will permit. In the Broad and Lechmere canals and in the basin, about ninety per cent. of the piles...
...foot of this line, or if he has one foot and the opposite hand up to or within one foot of it. He must also stand with both feet outside the outside player next to him; but the two men standing on either side of the snapper-back may lock legs with the snapper-back. "Outside" means with both feet outside the man next...
...caught in some prank, not very serious, such as the throwing of a stolen sign off the end of a bridge into the Charles River, during which lamentable misdeed, he had been arrested by the police and spent the night with his two or three companions in the lock-up. When they were called before the judge on the next morning I was allowed to make a brief statement of the case, having very little to say, when I was reinforced, to my great surprise and satisfaction, by Professor Shaler who had strolled in and taken his place...
...Charles River Basin Commission awarded the contract for building the dam and lock in the Charles River to the Holbrook, Cabot, and Rollins Corporation. The basis of the award was $801,-507.50. In the work so far piles have been driven under the lock in the Boston cofferdam and under the sluices in the Cambridge cofferdam. A few piles also have been driven along the sea wall and in the canals to strengthen them in order that the dredging may be carried to a greater depth...
...calculations for the work are as follows: earth excavation, 340,000 cubic yards; masonry, 43,825 cubic yards; filling, 390,000 cubic yards; piling, 470,000 linear feet; pine lumber, 235,000 feet; spruce lumber, 550,000 feet; riff raff, 9, 700 tons. There will be two locks in the dam, the larger being 350 feet in length and 45 feet wide, and of sufficient depth to allow a vessel drawing 16 feet of water to pass through at low tide. The smaller lock will be suitable for launches and row boats. Eight sluices will be provided, and in emergencies...