Bridge plans and drawings, 1898-1907 (bulk 1904).

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Bridge plans and drawings, 1898-1907 (bulk 1904).

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The Cambridge Bridge Commission was established in 1898 to administer construction of a bridge spanning the Charles River between Boston and Cambridge, to be known as the Cambridge (later Longfellow) Bridge. Series was created to plan actual bridge construction.

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Massachusetts. Cambridge Bridge Commission

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The Cambridge Bridge Commission was established, pursuant to St 1898, c 467, to administer construction of a bridge spanning the Charles River between Boston and Cambridge, to be known as the Cambridge (later Longfellow) Bridge. The commission consisted of the mayors of Cambridge and Boston and their joint appointee. The bridge, originally conceived as a drawbridge, became the first fixed span bridge on the Charles River (St 1899, c 180), and was intended to accommodate all forms of...