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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 2 2 Browse Search
Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order 1 1 Browse Search
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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 12: civil History. (search)
om School Street to a point nine feet northerly from the intersection of the easterly lines of Windsor Street and Webster Avenue, and bounded south on the Jarvis estate, west on the Jarvis, Wyeth, and Foxcroft estates, and extending so far east as to include somewhat more than thirteen acres of marsh on the easterly side of North Canal. Such was the unimproved condition of the easterly and now most populous section of Cambridge, before West Boston Bridge was opened for public travel, Nov. 23, 1793. At that time, Rev. Dr. Holmes says: Memoir of Cambridgeport, appended to a sermon at the ordination of Rev. Thomas B. Gannett, Jan. 19, 1814. Below the seat of the late Chief Justice Dana, there were but four dwelling-houses; one on the Inman place, On Inman Street, at the head of Austin Street. The mansion house, with a part of the farm, was purchased by the Austins when the Jarvis estate was sold in 1801. The house was removed in 1873 to the corner of Brookline and Auburn stre
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 13: civil History. (search)
rality and patronage of the government; and to these claims government will not be inattentive. Dr. Holmes, who witnessed the building of the bridge, and who may be supposed to have been familiar with the details, describes it as a magnificent structure. It was erected at the expense of a company incorporated for that purpose, and cost 76,700 dollars. The causeway, on the Cambridge side, was begun July 15, 1792; the wood-work, April 8, 1793. The bridge was opened for passengers, Nov. 23, 1793, seven months and an half from the time of laying the first pier. It is very handsomely constructed; and, when lighted by its two rows of lamps, extending a mile and a quarter, presents a vista which has a fine effect. It stands on 180 piers, and is3483 feet long. Bridge over the Gore, 14 do.275 do. Abutment, Boston side,87 1/2 Causeway,3344 Distance from the end of the causeway to the first church in Cambridge,7810 Width of the Bridge,40 It is railed on each side, for foot
Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order, Boston events. (search)
scontinued, creek filled; Blackstone st. built, 1833 Mt. Washington, built and opened for travel, Mar., 1858 Public Garden, over the pond, completed, June 1, 1867 Swing, was near the Roebuck passage, 1761 Warren, completed and open for travel, Dec. 25, 1828 Tolls taken off for a time, Nov. 7, 1836 Tolls again collected, 1841 Made a free bridge, Apr. 30, 1858 West Boston, subscriptions to build raised in three hours, Jan. 7, 1792 Completed and opened for travel, Nov. 23, 1793 Bought by Hancock Bridge Company, July 1, 1846 Made a free bridge by the City, Feb. 1, 1858 Eastern R. R., over Charles river, built, 1854 Fitchburg R. R., over Charles river, built, 1848 Bridges Maine R. R., over Charles river, built, 1845 Lowell R. R., over Charles river, built, 1835 Old Colony R. R., at Broadway, built, 1870 At Broadway, rebuilt, 1879 Providence R. R., at Berkeley street, built, 1861 At Dartmouth street, built, 1869 At Newton stre