Author: Massachusetts. Charles River Basin CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charles River Dam (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Dam and Lock in the Charles River, Boston and Cambridge, Mass
Author: Massachusetts. Charles River Basin CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charles River Dam (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Charles River, Massachusetts
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. New England DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charles River Watershed (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Charles River
Author: Ron McAdowReport of the Committee on Charles River Dam, Appointed Under Resolves of 1901, Chapter 105, to Consider the Advisability and Feasibility of Building a Dam Across the Charles River at Or Near Craigie Bridge
Author: Massachusetts. Committee on Charles River damPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charles River Dam (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
Inventing the Charles River
Author: Karl HaglundPublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262083078
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
An illustrated account of the creation of the Charles River Basin, focusing on the precarious balance between transportation planning and the stewardship of the public realm. The Charles River Basin, extending nine miles upstream from the harbor, has been called Boston's "Central Park." Yet few realize that this apparently natural landscape is a totally fabricated public space. Two hundred years ago the Charles was a tidal river, edged by hundreds of acres of salt marshes and mudflats. Inventing the Charles River describes how, before the creation of the basin could begin, the river first had to be imagined as a single public space. The new esplanades along the river changed the way Bostonians perceived their city; and the basin, with its expansive views of Boston and Cambridge, became an iconic image of the metropolis. The book focuses on the precarious balance between transportation planning and stewardship of the public realm. Long before the esplanades were realized, great swaths of the river were given over to industrial enterprises and transportation—millponds, bridges, landfills, and a complex network of road and railway bridges. In 1929, Boston's first major highway controversy erupted when a four-lane road was proposed as part of a new esplanade. At twenty-year intervals, three riverfront road disputes followed, successively more complex and disputatious, culminating in the lawsuits over "Scheme Z," the Big Dig's plan for eighteen lanes of highway ramps and bridges over the river. More than four hundred photographs, maps, and drawings illustrate past and future visions for the Charles and document the river's place in Boston's history.
First[-Seventh] Annual Report of the Charles River Basin Commission ... July 29, 1903[-Nov. 30, 1909]
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Author: Massachusetts. Charles River Basin CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charles River (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Water Resources and the Urban Environment, Lower Charles River Watershed, Massachusetts, 1630-2005
Author: Peter K. WeiskelPublisher: Geological Survey (USGS)
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Report on Proposed Improvements of the Charles River Basin
Author: Massachusetts. Special Commission on the Charles River BasinPublisher:
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Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Special Commission on the Charles River Basin was established to investigate methods of making the Charles River Basin more safe, suitable, and attractive for recreation (Resolves 1928, c 16). The final printed report was the result of research, hearings, and testimony of state and town officials. It consists of the text of the resolve; general history of the basin; summary of improvements since 1901; recommendations for additional improvements to parks, bridges, and roadways; summary of costs; excerpt from a report of the commissioner of public health; and text of a draft act providing for the construction of parkways and improvements in streets in Boston and Cambridge, which served as the basis for St 1929, c 37. Interspersed with the text of the report are photographs and plans, and tipped into the report is a map of proposed development of Cambridge Street to the Charles River Dam.
The Charles River
Author: Ted ClarkePublisher: Schiffer Publishing
ISBN: 9780764341540
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In its 400 years of recorded history, the Charles River has run from Hopkinton to Boston just as marathoners do every April. In that time it has served as the route of settlement for places like Charlestown, Cambridge, Watertown, and Waltham. This book shows the Charles' historic role as a major source of waterpower, transportation, and recreation for the 23 towns and cities along its route. The story of the Charles includes many notable American figures including John Smith, Frederick Law Olmsted, and the inventors of the Stanley Steamer automobile. There are even accounts of the river's more recent transition from a poster child for the conflict between man and nature to one of the world's environmental preservation successes. Illustrated with historic maps and more than 100 color photos, this history of one of Greater Boston's greatest living landmarks is ideal for residents and visitors alike.
Final Report of the Charles River Basin Commission
Author: Massachusetts. Charles River Basin CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charles River (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description