Broad Canal
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title:
Broad Canal
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Broad Canal is a short canal in East Cambridge, Massachusetts, previously larger and part of the now-vanished canal system that made Cambridge an active seaport. The canal began in 1806 when Henry Hill, Rufus Davenport, and others laid out a canal system in the land and tidal flats along the Charles River. Broad Canal was dug before 1810, and 80 feet (24 m) wide from the low-water mark to Portland Street. In 1874 the lower part of the canal, between First and Third Streets, was 100 feet (30 m) w
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broad_Canal
date created:
2007-01-08T02:57:20Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T21:29:19Z
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