CIVE 3800-01: Engineering Boston

Describes the history, landscape, and architecture of the Esplanade.

A history of the Esplanade and its buildings. Illustrated with site plans and photos.

This bid request document list the materials and quantities required to build the Charles River Dam and Lock.

Historic photos of the dam, its construction, repair, and surroundings.

On efforts to improve the water quality of the Charles River.

Testimony on the engineering and environmental reasons that necessitated the Charles River Dam's construction.

Links to an extensive list of surveys, engineering reports, and environmental studies of the Charles River Basin,

Site plans for improved parklands along the banks of the Charles.

This report examines the environmental, public health, and engineering considerations of building a dam to stop the tidal flow of the Charles River.

This report on sewage flows into the Charles River. and into two other area rivers, was commissioned in consideration of the Charles as a source of drinking water for Boston.

A report on the sewage systems which emptied into the Charles and Mystic Rivers, as well as early experiments on the treatment of sewage with chemicals.

This 2007 article by Brett Hansen relates the story of the Charles River Dam (1910), which transformed the river's polluted tidal mudflats into a recreation area for pedestrians and boaters.

This US Army Corps of Engineers webpage tells why the 1910 Charles River Dam had to be replaced between 1972 and 1978.