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and head thereof." Its south spur seems to have been authorized by the Harbor
Commissioners in 1874. This extension was allowed to be 120 feet wide and some 900 feet long, and would be created in the midst of landfill as the harbor was filled. After landfilling it would parallel First Street from the current terminus, passing approximately where the main hall of the
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was waterfront property. The deeds conveyed canal passage as well as "the privilege of a dock 100 feet in width on the south-westerly side of the aforegranted premises; said dock to be kept open for ever for the common use and benefit of the owners and occupants of the land or wharves on either side
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The canal's original right of way appears to have been granted by several deeds in 1834, as conveyed by the
Proprietors of Canal Bridge, the predecessor of the Charles River Dam Bridge. Landing near Water Street, this was the second bridge to connect eastern Cambridge to western Boston, after the
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The canal was constructed in 1895, essentially by walling off an existing portion of the
Charles around which was laid landfill. The area was an active seaport until the
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Today the canal has been incorporated into the East
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Evidence and
Arguments Before the Committee on Charles River Dam
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674:Bodies of water of Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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112:is now, extending to Bent Street.
71:and used to be an active port for
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191:Cambridge City Engineer (1922).
146:"East Cambridge Riverfront Plan"
193:"Map of the City of Cambridge"
91:was interposed between it and
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65:East Cambridge, Massachusetts
599:South Meadow Brook Reservoir
359:Salem Beverly Waterway Canal
519:Briggs Reservoir (Plymouth)
295:Hampshire and Hampden Canal
170:Fuller, Stephen P. (1826).
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514:Briggs Reservoir (Manomet)
105:Monsignor O'Brien Highway
421:Whiting Street Reservoir
89:Charles River Dam Bridge
554:Great Sandy Bottom Pond
524:Chestnut Hill Reservoir
460:Taunton River Watershed
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534:Fisher Hill Reservoir
489:Aaron River Reservoir
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34:42.36889°N 71.07444°W
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301:Holyoke Canal System
67:. It opens onto the
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450:Wachusett Reservoir
372:Turners Falls Canal
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365:South Hadley Canal
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564:Little South Pond
416:Quabbin Reservoir
392:Connecticut River
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122:Museum of Science
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639:Weston Reservoir
624:Sugden Reservoir
604:Stockbridge Bowl
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609:Stony Brook
594:Silver Lake
574:Miscoe Lake
494:Accord Pond
346:North Canal
284:Broad Canal
59:is a short
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658:Categories
629:Tully Lake
614:Stump Pond
589:Round Pond
544:Fresh Pond
411:Lake Wyola
383:Reservoirs
252:reservoirs
198:2012-01-05
177:2012-01-07
156:2012-01-05
132:References
445:Lost Lake
433:Watershed
394:Watershed
95:in 1910.
25:71°4′28″W
22:42°22′8″N
504:Big Pond
75:and the
83:History
482:Others
264:Canals
248:Canals
124:near
116:Today
61:canal
250:and
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63:in
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