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The original lock for the Charles River was incorporated into the dam, just west of the Charles River Dam Bridge, but it was replaced by three parallel locks in the new Charles River Dam, located further east, at the site of the old Warren Bridge. The former lock at the Charles River Dam Bridge now allows water and small ships to flow freely.
Site of a ferry established in 1630; [2] obsoleted by the Charles River Bridge, built 1786 (New) Charles River Dam: pedestrians and bikers 1978 Fish ladder, pumps and three locks for navigation. Site of the Warren Bridge, built 1828, demolished 1962.
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 ...
Severe flooding in the Midwest has left at least two people dead as heavy rains caused a bridge to collapse, a historic dam to be on the brink of failure and an entire town to be cut off by ...
Natick officials have started the process of removing the Charles River Dam, which is expected to cost about $1.5 million. Natick officials have started the process of removing the Charles River ...
Nearly 1,000 people weighed in on community use and recreation near Natick's Charles River Dam, with many wanting to see improved public access.
To reach the Charles River Esplanade, pedestrians must now proceed along the sidewalk to the end of the bridge, and use the Frances Appleton Bridge, a wheelchair-accessible pedestrian bridge, at Charles Circle slightly south of the Longfellow Bridge. The new bridge was built with streetcar tracks plus an initially unused center reservation.
The park is part of the "lost half mile" of the Charles River, between the 1910 Charles River Dam, now the site of the Museum of Science, and the new Charles River Dam completed in 1978. The park opening was delayed for several years by a number of logistical and bureaucratic issues, but its design, including small islands, bridges and kayaking ...