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Circa-1930-to-1945 postcard of the bridge. The Boston University Bridge was designed by Andrew Canzanelli [3] and built by The Phoenix Bridge Company in 1927, replacing an 1850s drawbridge [1] known as the Brookline Bridge. [4] Canzanelli also designed the Weeks footbridge and the first shell constructed on the Esplanade. [3]
Boston University Bridge *River Street Bridge: 1912 The Riverside Boat Club was founded in 1869. Those wishing to join must go through a five step application process before becoming a provisional member. Used by Northeastern University from 1963 to 1990. [9] BU Sailing Pavilion Storrow Drive, Boston MA Harvard Bridge *Boston University Bridge ...
The character of the Basin changes along this 8.5-mile (13.7 km) stretch, forming three discernible zones: the Lower Basin, from the 1910 Charles River Dam to the Boston University Bridge; the Middle Basin, from the BU Bridge to Herter Park, and the Upper Basin, from Herter Park to the Watertown Dam. The Lower Basin is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long ...
The Esplanade is about three miles long, running on the Boston side of the Charles River between the Museum of Science and the Boston University Bridge. The area is packed with things to do.
Boston University Bridge: Route 2: 1927 built as the Cottage Farm Bridge, renamed in 1949 ... the only footbridge across the basin, with a Harvard campus steam tunnel ...
The Charles River (Massachusett: Quinobequin), sometimes called the River Charles or simply the Charles, is an 80-mile-long (129 km) river in eastern Massachusetts.It flows northeast from Hopkinton to Boston along a highly meandering route, that doubles back on itself several times and travels through 23 cities and towns before reaching the Atlantic Ocean. [1]
Photo of Esplanade, rear of Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1900-1920; Historic American Engineering Record. View of pier-cap and pedestal at Pier 13, west side, Boston Embankment and pedestrian stairway in background - Harvard Bridge, Spanning Charles River at Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 20th century
The dam controls the surface level of the river basin as well its tributaries upstream, including the Back Bay Fens and Muddy River and to prevent sea water from entering the Charles River freshwater basin during high tides. It replaced the 1910 Charles River Dam upstream, now the site of the Boston Museum of Science. The 1910 dam includes two ...