Identifier: annualreportofme31904mass (find matches)
Title: Annual report of the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Massachusetts. Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board
Subjects: Sewerage Water-supply
Publisher: Boston : Wright & Potter printing co.
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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on Nut Island, involving alength of 270 feet on each line : together with the screen chamberand superstructure, the masonry sand-catcher, and about 918 linearfeet of 11-foot 3-inch bv 12-foot 6-inch sewer in trench and em-bankment. This corresponds to a total length of 1,539 feet of theHigh-level Sewer, and extends from near low water on the northerlyshore of Nut Island, through the island and embankment on NutIsland bar, to a point on the northerly shore of Quincy GreatHill. During the year, two contracts have been awarded on this section.The first, W. H. Ellis, contractor, comprises the placing of the 60-inch cast-iron outfall pipes, the construction of the screen chamber,sand-catcher, and sewer in embankment, and foundations for thescreen house superstructure and chimney. Work on this contractbegan June 23, and is nearly completed at the present date. Under a former contract, fully described in last years report, anembankment with riprap slopes was built on Nut Island bar, in which
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