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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]
The 1978 Charles River Dam, located behind the TD Garden, controls the water level in the river basin.An earlier dam (see Charles River Dam Bridge), located beneath the Museum of Science, was completed in 1910 with the purpose of creating a fresh water river basin and riverfront park in Boston and Cambridge.
Stony Brook is a 8.5-mile (13.7 km)-long subterranean river in Boston.The largest tributary stream of the lower Charles River, it runs mostly through conduits. [1] Stony Brook originates at Turtle Pond in the Stony Brook Reservation and flows through Hyde Park, Roslindale, Jamaica Plain, and Roxbury.
Bourne Sewer Commissioners and the Pocasset Water Quality Coalition weighed in on Massachusetts Maritime Academy sewage disposal into Cape Cod Canal.
Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986. to assess the water resources needs of watersheds (currently only river basins and regions) of the United States. to require cost-sharing agreements for environmental protection and restoration, navigation, storm damage or hurricane protection, shoreline erosion, or recreation projects under such Act (currently, only for flood control or ...
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 ...
The Coalition then contracted with Campbell-DeLong Resources, Inc. to conduct four focus groups, held at locations throughout the Portland metropolitan area, to assess public awareness, behavior, and attitudes regarding water runoff and the quality of area rivers and streams, as well as to test potential messages for the public awareness ...
The Charles River offered the opportunity for early settlers to acquire land, wealth and freedom from political and religious oppression by providing a water highway to the interior. The winding river rambles for 80 miles (130 km) from its headwaters, drains an area over 300 square miles (780 km 2 ) and is the most densely populated river basin ...