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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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level Sewer through West Roxbury, Brookline and Brighton. This extension, authorized by chapter 406 of the legislative Actsof 1906, involves a length of 5.64 miles of main sewers, varyingfrom 7 feet in diameter to 5 feet in diameter, and extending fromJamaica Plain, in West Roxbury, through Brookline and Brightonto Oak Square in Brighton, as outlined in detail in the last annualreport. For convenience in arranging contracts and records, this lengthhas been divided into sections, numbered from 80 to 86, inclusive. At the date of the last report construction was in progress on Sec-tion 80, located in West .Roxbury. On account of its peculiarlydangerous character, construction on this section is being carried onby the Board by day labor, under direction of the Engineer. During the year construction by contracts and day labor throughWest Roxbury, Brookline and Brighton, to within 2,500 feet of OakSquare, has been in progress, involving what has been known as Sec-tions 80 to 85, inclusive.
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< 2 No. 57.) AND SEWERAGE BOARD. 153 To date, 2.24 miles of this extension have been completed, and thesections now completed and under contract provide for about 4.25miles. Section 86, near Oak Square, Brighton, it is anticipated willbe placed under contract early in the coming spring. Section 80, West Roxbury and Broohline. Division Engineer in Charge. — Seth Peterson. Superintendent of Construction by Day Labor. — Charles A. Haskin. This section extends from a branch in the existing bellmouth atthe corner of Perkins and Day streets, along Perkins and Chestnutstreets, in West Roxbury, passing Jamaica Pond, to a point in Chest-nut Street about 15 feet beyond the Brookline town line, — a lengthof 3,123 feet. The section is wholly in tunnel, at depths varying from 70 feetto 20 feet below the street surfaces. Passing Jamaica Pond the ex-cavation is 35 feet below the ordinary water surface of the pond. Owing to the peculiarly dangerous character of the work, it isbeing construct

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