Broad Canal was a short canal in East Cambridge, Massachusetts, part of the now-vanished canal system that made Cambridge an active seaport. Canals are artificial channels for water There are two types of canals water conveyance canals which are used for the conveyance and delivery of water and Waterways Cambridge Massachusetts is a City in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States.
The canal began in 1806 when Henry Hill, Rufus Davenport, and others laid out a canal system in the land and tidal flats along the Charles River. The Charles River is a small relatively short River in Massachusetts, USA, that separates Boston from Cambridge and Broad Canal was dug before 1810, and 80 feet wide from the low-water mark to Portland Street. In 1874 the lower part of the canal, between First and Third Streets, was 100 feet wide. Connecting canals ran through much of today's East Cambridge.
No trace remains of that system, and extensive landfills have removed all remnants of Cambridge's seaport docks and wharves. Broad Canal's truncated remnants can now be found just north of Broadway, entering the Charles River immediately north of Longfellow Bridge. The Charles River is a small relatively short River in Massachusetts, USA, that separates Boston from Cambridge and The Longfellow Bridge, also known to locals as the "Salt and Pepper Bridge" or the "Salt and Pepper Shaker Bridge" due to the shape of its central towers carries
References
- Massachusetts Committee on Charles River Dam, Henry Smith Pritchett, chairman, Evidence and Arguments Before the Committee on Charles River Dam, Wright & Potter Printing Co. , State Printers, 1903. Pages 459-461.
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