Time and tide field votes, 1919-1946, bulk1923-1936.

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Time and tide field votes, 1919-1946, bulk1923-1936.

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As part of their function to care for and supervise the harbors and waterways of Massachusetts, the Division of Waterways of the Department of Public Works and predecessors in this function the Division of Waterways and Public Lands of the Department of Public Works, 1919-1927, and the Dpartment of Public Works as a whole, 1927-1938) employed engineers to make surveys of harbors and rivers. Time and tide field notebboks were created by these surveyors to record changes in tides at established gauges.

0.35 cubic ft. (24 v. in 1 doc. box)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives

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Massachusetts. Division of Waterways and Public Lands

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Massachusetts. Division of Waterways

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In 1916 the Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners and the Directors of the Port of Boston were abolished and responsibility for the general care and supervision of the harbors, flats, tidewaters, including Boston Harbor, and the rivers and great ponds of Massachusetts was transferred to the Commission on Waterways and Public Lands (St 1916, c 288). With the reorganization of government agencies in 1919, however, the commission was abolished and its duties transferred to a Division ...

Massachusetts. Dept. of Public Works.

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