A guide-book of Boston for physicians . les River Basin Commis-sion is constructing a shut-offdam which is to convert theriver above this point into afresh-water lake with a perma-nent level. Locks are beingconstructed on the Boston side,so that the river may be usedfor commerce, as at was begun in 1904, and &it is hoped to have the dam womens gymnasium, charles- iiT it BANK and locks completed in 1908. This improvement necessitates carrying all the sewers whichhave emptied into the Charles above Craigie Bridge into theintercepting sewers, and the total expense of the project will
A guide-book of Boston for physicians . les River Basin Commis-sion is constructing a shut-offdam which is to convert theriver above this point into afresh-water lake with a perma-nent level. Locks are beingconstructed on the Boston side,so that the river may be usedfor commerce, as at was begun in 1904, and &it is hoped to have the dam womens gymnasium, charles- iiT it BANK and locks completed in 1908. This improvement necessitates carrying all the sewers whichhave emptied into the Charles above Craigie Bridge into theintercepting sewers, and the total expense of the project willbe very great. On the corner opposite the Eye and Ear Infirmary standsthe County Jail, generally known as the Charles Street Jail. Walking now along Charles Street to the south, one comesto Cambridge Street. At its junction begins the new CambridgeBridge, begun in 1900 and not yet completed. It is to take theplace of the old WTest Boston Bridge. It is constructed of steelarches, joining massive granite piers, and is by far the most. 102 AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION beautiful of the bridges which cross the Charles River. It is 105feet wide, and will carry elevated and surface tracks, besidesroadways and sidewalks. The total cost is to be $2,500, the southwesterly corner of Charles and Cambridgestreets stands the old building of the Eye and Ear Infirmary,now an unsightly structure. Next to it, in fact adjoining it, onCharles Street, No. 164, is the house which was occupied by
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