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A Roxbury Review: Conglomerates of Greater Boston
C2-1 A ROXBURY REVIEW by Margaret D. Thompson, Department of Geosciences, Wellesley College Anne M. Grunow, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University INTRODUCTION Conglomerate throughout the Boston Basin in eastern Massachusetts (Fig. 1) has long been called after the Roxbury district of Boston (early references in Holmes, 1859 and Shaler, 1869) and subdivided into three members typified by strata in the encircling communities of Brookline, Dorchester and the Squantum section of Quincy, MA (Emerson, 1917). NEIGC field trips, beginning with one led by W.O. Crosby in 1905, and also GSA-related field trips have provided regular opportunities for generations of geologists to debate the depositional settings of all of these rocks, particularly the possible glacial origin of the Squantum "Tillite". It appears, however, that none of these outings has ever included a stop in Roxbury itself (Table I and lettered localities in Fig. 1). A main purpose of this trip will be to visit the nominal Roxbury type locality in a section of the historic quarries where recent re-development includes the newly opened Puddingstone Park. Other stops will permit comparison of type Roxbury Conglomerate with other rocks traditionally assigned to this formation and highlight geochronological and paleomagnetic data bearing on the ages of these units. Table I. Forty Years of Field Trips in the Roxbury Conglomerate Stop locations Trip leader(s)/year Title (listed alphabetically; (abbreviations below) Caldwell (1964) The Squantum Formation: Paleozoic Tillite or -
Surviving the First Year of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1630-1631 Memoir of Roger Clap, Ca
National Humanities Center Resource Toolbox American Beginnings: The European Presence in North America, 1492-1690 Marguerite Mullaney Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts, May “shift for ourselves in a forlorn place in this wilderness” Surviving the First Year of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1630-1631 Memoir of Roger Clap, ca. 1680s, excerpts * Roger Clap [Clapp] arrived in New England in May 1630 at age 21, having overcome his father's opposition to his emigration. In his seventies he began his memoir to tell his children of "God's remarkable providences . in bringing me to this land." A devout man, he interprets the lack of food for his body as part of God's providing food for the soul, in this case the souls of the Puritans as they created their religious haven. thought good, my dear children, to leave with you some account of God’s remarkable providences to me, in bringing me into this land and placing me here among his dear servants and in his house, who I am most unworthy of the least of his mercies. The Scripture requireth us to tell God’s wondrous works to our children, that they may tell them to their children, that God may have glory throughout all ages. Amen. I was born in England, in Sallcom, in Devonshire, in the year of our Lord 1609. My father was a man fearing God, and in good esteem among God’s faithful servants. His outward estate was not great, I think not above £80 per annum.1 We were five brethren (of which I was the youngest) and two sisters. -
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Plymouth ss To any of the Constables of the Town of Hull in the County of Plymouth Greetings: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the Inhabitants of the Town of Hull qualified to vote on Town affairs and elections to meet in the Auditorium of Hull High School situated at 180 Main Street in said Hull, on Thursday, the fifteenth day of October next, 2015 at 7:30 o'clock in the evening, then and there to act upon the following articles, namely: ARTICLE 1. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds or borrow a sum of money to design and construct repairs and improvement to the Crescent Beach seawall for seawall, revetment and shore protection projects and for land acquisition costs and further, to see if the town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, purchase, eminent domain or otherwise the property or an interest therein known as the Crescent Beach seawall and/or a portion of the property or an interest therein abutting the present Crescent Beach seawall along the coastal area of the town running from approximately 18 Gun Rock Avenue southeasterly to Driftway Avenue for seawall, revetment and shore protection projects and purposes; and to authorize the Town manager to apply for and accept grants and gifts to accomplish said projects and purposes and to authorize the town to enter into agreements for said projects and purposes and to appropriate from available funds and/or by borrowing and/or authorize the use of grants or gifts to acquire said property and for said projects and purposes, or take any other action relative thereto. -
Parades by the 1Ome-Coming
PUBLIJdBD D.AILY ander order of THE PRESIDENT of THE UNITED .TATEJ by COMMITTEE on PUBLZC ZNFORMATZON GEORGE CREEL, Chairman * * * COMPLETE Record of U. X. GOVERNMENT activities VOL. 3 WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1919. No. 520 PARADES BY THE 1OME-COMING RESTRICTIONS ON FLYING BY $600,000,000 OR MORE TREASURY 'DIVISIONS INTHE LARGER CITIES CIVILIAN AVIATORS REMOVED CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS ADVOCATED BY SECRETARY BAKER The War Department authorizes the ARE OFFERED FOR SUBSCRIPTION following: NO FIXED POLICY IS ANNOUNCED The Joint Army and Navy Board on BEAR INTEREST FROM JANUARY 30 Aeronautic Cognizance has removed re- strictions on civilian flying, and will grant Hopes That It Will be Possible to permits to all qualified civilians who ap- Rate Will Be Four and One-Half Have Black Hawk Division Pa- ply under the President's proclamation of Per Cent-Applications Will Be February 28, 1918. rade at Chicago, Rainbow in Until the action of the Joint Army and Received at FederalReserve Banks. Navy Board on Aeronautic Cognizance, Washington and 27th at New York. civilians were only permitted to fly ex- Books to Close February 6. perinental machines, and then only under Press statement by the Secretary of permits from the board. The Secretary of the Treasury, under War January 23, 1919: Applications from civilian pilots should the authority of the act approved Septem- " There is some interest in the question be addressed to the Joint Army and Navy ber 24, 1917, as amended by the act ap- of parades by home-corning troops. We Board on Aeronautic Cognizance, Build- proved April 4, 1918, offers for subscrip- are getting to a place where divisions are ing " D," Sixth and B Streets NW., Wash- tion at par and accrued interest, through being ordered home from France. -
Nantasket Beach Master Plan and Seawall Repair Hull, Massachusetts
Nantasket Beach Master Plan and Seawall Repair Hull, Massachusetts Project Characteristics • Bathymetric Survey • Numerical Wave Modeling • Sediment Transport Modeling • Alternatives Analysis • Beach Nourishment Design and Performance The Nantasket Beach Reservation is located in the Town of Hull, Massachusetts, on Boston’s South Shore. The Reservation has been used as a recreational beach by Greater Boston residents since the 1800s and was officially established as a public beach in 1899. The Reservation is currently owned and operated by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). The Reservation includes an oceanfront promenade, parking lots, three bathhouses, and an open pavilion. The beach consists of a sandy barrier beach exposed to the open Massachusetts Bay and Atlantic Ocean. Nantasket Beach serves as a valuable resource from both a commercial and recreational standpoint. The beach and the associated waterfront amenities serve as the defining feature for the Town of Hull and represent a significant draw for visitors and summer residents. Nantasket Beach has experienced ongoing erosion The project also consisted of identification of over the past 150 years, especially the public beach potential sand sources and determination of the at the southern end of the system. Woods Hole most compatible and economically feasible source. Group conducted a detailed coastal processes study The project consisted of development of an overall focused on determining potential alternatives to master plan for Nantasket Beach, including address the ongoing coastal erosion. The barrier redevelopment of upland infrastructure, parking, beach system was simulated using state-of-the-art and recreational areas. The project required a high- wave and sediment transport models to understand level of communication with project consultants, existing conditions, and assess potential alternatives. -
North Nantasket Beach Large-Scale Beach and Dune Nourishment
North Nantasket Beach Large-Scale Beach and Dune Nourishment Planning Financial assistance provided by the Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs (EEA), through the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM), under the FY19 Coastal Community Resilience Grant Program. This program provides financial and technical resources to advance new and innovative local efforts to increase awareness of climate impacts, identify vulnerabilities, and implement measures to increase community resilience. Prepared by with and with grant assistance by Woods Hole Group, Inc. Kleinfelder Town of Hull, Massachusetts Office of Coastal 107 Waterhouse Road One Beacon Street, Suite 8100 Massachusetts Zone Management Bourne, MA 02532 Boston, MA 02108 Contents Introduction 4 Existing Conditions 6 Geology and History 6 Historical Shoreline Change 9 Sediments 10 Wave Transformations 12 Sediment Transport 18 Design Development 23 Importance of Beaches and Dunes 23 Dune and Beach Design 24 Performance 26 Permit Requirements and Cost 29 References 35 2 Introduction Nantasket Beach is located in the Town of Hull, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. It lies approximately 4 miles southeast of the main entrance to Boston Harbor and approximately 12 miles east-southeast of Boston on the southeast shoreline of Massachusetts. Nantasket Beach is a crescent beach approximately 3-1/2 miles long which extends from two natural headlands, Allerton Hill to the northwest and Atlantic Hill to the southeast. The beach is oriented in a northwest-to- southeast direction and is exposed to the open waters of Massachusetts Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. The southern portion of the beach comprises the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) Nantasket Beach Reservation, which spans 1.3 miles of coastline and is a heavily used public beach. -
Dcr Properties Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
DCR PROPERTIES LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES DIVISION OF STATE PARKS AND RECREATION Northeast Region Southeast Region Ashland State Park Borderland State Park Ashland Dam and Spillway Borderland Historic District Cochituate State Park Cape Cod Rail Trail Lake Cochituate and Dam Brewster Old King's Highway Historic District Old King's Highway Historic District Great Brook Farm State Park George Robbins House Dighton Rock State Park Zebulon Spaulding House Dighton Rock Hopkinton State Park Fort Phoenix State Reservation Hopkinton Reservoir, Dam and Spillway Fort Phoenix Lawrence Heritage State Park Nickerson State Park Bay State Mill Agent's House Brewster Old King's Highway Historic District Bay State Mills Housing Pilgrim Memorial State Park Lowell Heritage State Park Cole’s Hill (NHL) City Hall District National Monument to the Forefathers Locks and Canals National Historic Landmark Plymouth Rock District Lowell National Historic Park Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Downtown Lowell Local Historic District Waquoit Historic District Walden Pond State Reservation McCune Site Walden Pond COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS · EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS Department of Conservation and Recreation Deval L. Patrick Ian A. Bowles, Secretary, Executive 251 Causeway Street, Suite 600 Governor Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs Boston MA 02114-2119 617-626-1250 617-626-1351 Fax Timothy P. Murray Richard K. Sullivan, Jr., Commissioner www.mass.gov/dcr Lt. Governor Department of Conservation -
2. Existing Conditions
2. EXISTING CONDITIONS Location of the Reservation and significant features within and adjacent to it. 3 The Nantasket Beach Reservation, located on the The Beach & Promenade Atlantic Ocean on the northern shore of southeastern Hull, MA, is owned and operated by the DCR. The The beach runs along a beautiful long and narrow 26-acre Reservation encompasses approximately 1.3 strip of land (only 450 – 500 feet wide in some loca- miles of beachfront (6,800 linear feet), and includes tions) that separates the Weir River and the Atlantic the beach and adjacent visitor amenities, associated Ocean. At low tide the beach is a wide, expansive parking areas, and an operations and maintenance area that accommodates hundreds of beachgoers. At facility. It is bounded approximately by: high tide much of the beach is under water. • Phipps Street to the north A beachfront promenade, located adjacent to the seawall (or revetment), runs along the entire length • Hull Shore Drive and Nantasket Avenue (Route of the Reservation and provides visitors physical and 228) to the west visual access to the beach, as well as passive and • The driveway from Nantasket Avenue to the active recreation opportunities. The seawall serves as southern end of the DCR parking lot to the seating along the promenade. south The beach is accessible from the promenade via • The Atlantic Ocean to the east. concrete stairs and ramps built into the seawall. New entry stairs, accessible ramps and railings were con- When the master plan was initiated, the Town of Hull structed to improve access as part of the 2007 seawall had recently prepared the 2004 Nantasket Focused improvements. -
Partners Recommendations to DCR
Charles River Conservancy Arborway Coalition June 21, 2021 Bike to the Sea Blackstone River Watershed Association Secretary Kathleen Theoharides Boston Cyclists Union c/o Faye Boardman, Chief Operating Officer & Commission Chair Boston Harbor Now Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs 100 Cambridge Street, Suite 900 Boston, MA 02144 Cambridge Bicycle Safety Charles River Watershed Association SENT VIA EMAIL Connecticut River Conservancy Emerald Necklace Conservancy Secretary Theoharides, Esplanade Association Friends of Herter Park Thank you for your continued attention to improving the management, operations and asset condition of the natural, cultural and recreational Friends of Nantasket Beach resources held by the Department of Conservation and Recreation through the Friends of the Blue Hills DCR Special Commission. The work of DCR and this Commission is increasingly Friends of the Boston Harbor Islands urgent as we endeavor to mitigate the effects of climate change, reckon with Friends of the Malden River inequity, invest in environmental justice communities, and recover from the Friends of the Middlesex Fells Reservation COVID-19 pandemic. Friends of the Mount Holyoke Range We write once again as a coalition of DCR’s partner organizations from across Friends of Walden Pond the Commonwealth representing dozens of communities, broad expertise in Friends of Wollaston Beach resource management and community engagement, thousands of volunteers, Green Cambridge and millions of dollars leveraged annually to support our state parks. We are Green Streets Initiative grateful for the attention you gave to the April 26th letter, and the fulfillment of several requests to make the Commission process more robust and accessible Lawrence & Lillian Solomon Foundation for public input, including meeting the legislative mandate to fill the second LivableStreets Alliance Commission seat for a representative of friends groups, a modest timeline Magazine Beach Partners extension, and holding additional stakeholder engagement sessions. -
Department of Conservation & Recreation, Boston, MA | 2014
Department of Conservation and Recreation dC r NPDES Storm Water Management Program Permit Year 11 Annual Report Municipality/Organization: Department of Conservation and Recreation EPA NPDES Permit Number: MARO43001 MaDEP Transmittal Number: Annual Report Number & Reporting Period: No. 11: April 2013— March 2014 Department of Conservation and Recreation NPDES P11 Small MS4 General Permit Annual Report ) Part I. General Information Contact Person: Robert Lowell Title: Environmental Section Chief Telephone #: (617) 626-1340 Email: [email protected] Certification: I certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction olsupervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information submitted. Based on myinquiry of the person or persons who manage the system, or those persons directly responsible for gathing the information, the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true, accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are significant pealties for submitting false information, includin the possibility of fine and imprisonment r knowing violations. Signature: Printed Name: John P. Murray Title: Commissioner Date: 30 2o ‘— 5/1/2014 Pa2e2 Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) NPDES Storm Water Management Program Permit Year 11 Annual Report For Coverage Under National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit for Storm Water Discharges from Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4s) Department of Conservation and Recreation 251 Causeway Street Suite 600 Boston, MA 02114-2104 Submittal: May 1, 2014 5/1/2014 Department of Conservation and Recreation NPDES Storm Water Management Program Permit Year 11 Annual Report Municipality/Organization: Department of Conservation and Recreation EPA NPDES Permit Number: MAR043001 MaDEP Transmittal Number: Annual Report Number & Reporting Period: No. -
Annual Report of the Adjutant General, Year Ending December 31, 1904
1 ! ii:!'i!'| =!• iiiliiii ii ilijiili iiiiiiiilii ::n ii iij Hiii :!: ;;:!*.::^ •^ii'liiilii i|!|iiiJ!!i!i!li! Inill^iiMiniiHiiiniih;;!::^;^ :!!;;[;; kX'hrx. WW A Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries http://archive.org/details/annualreportofad1904mass : PUBLIC DOCUMENT .... .... No. 7. ANNUAL REPORT ADJUTANT GKENEBAL OP THE C0mm0itforalijj af Utassaijrasftte FOR THE Year ending December 31, 1904. BOSTON • WRIGHT & POTTER PRINTING CO., STATE PRINTERS, 18 Post Office Square. 1905. qA 2% ™ J Approved by The State Board of Publication. • K ANNUAL REPORT. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Adjutant General's Office, Boston, Dec. 31, 1904. To His Excellency John L. Bates. Governor : — I have the honor to submit the annual report of this department for the year 1904. The militia has maintained the high standard of last year, the average attendance at ordered duty is the largest I have ever known and general earnestness pervades the entire force. For the manner of performance of duties I refer you to the reports of the Inspector General and his assistants. I desire to commend the force for its improve- ment and attention to duties. At this date the force has all compaDies required by law, except one recently disbanded. During the year Company L, Eighth Regiment, at Law- rence, was disbanded, and a new company formed in Law- rence to take its place. Company E, Eighth Regiment, was disbanded, and this vacancy remains unfilled. All organizations performed annual drill and camp duty as required by law, as follows : the First Brigade, except- ing First Regiment of Heavy Artillery, at the State camp ground ; the First Regiment of Heavy Artillery at New Bedford ; the Naval Brigade at New Bedford ; the First Cadets at Hingham ; the Second Cadets at Boxford ; and the Second Brigade at Manassas, Va., in connection with the army manoeuvres at that and adjoining places. -
Report on the Real Property Owned and Leased by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office for Administration and Finance Report on the Real Property Owned and Leased by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Published February 15, 2019 Prepared by the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance Carol W. Gladstone, Commissioner This page was intentionally left blank. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction and Report Organization 5 Table 1 Summary of Commonwealth-Owned Real Property by Executive Office 11 Total land acreage, buildings (number and square footage), improvements (number and area) Includes State and Authority-owned buildings Table 2 Summary of Commonwealth-Owned Real Property by County 17 Total land acreage, buildings (number and square footage), improvements (number and area) Includes State and Authority-owned buildings Table 3 Summary of Commonwealth-Owned Real Property by Executive Office and Agency 23 Total land acreage, buildings (number and square footage), improvements (number and area) Includes State and Authority-owned buildings Table 4 Summary of Commonwealth-Owned Real Property by Site and Municipality 85 Total land acreage, buildings (number and square footage), improvements (number and area) Includes State and Authority-owned buildings Table 5 Commonwealth Active Lease Agreements by Municipality 303 Private leases through DCAMM on behalf of state agencies APPENDICES Appendix I Summary of Commonwealth-Owned Real Property by Executive Office 311 Version of Table 1 above but for State-owned only (excludes Authorities) Appendix II County-Owned Buildings Occupied by Sheriffs and the Trial Court 319 Appendix III List of Conservation/Agricultural/Easements Held by the Commonwealth 323 Appendix IV Data Sources 381 Appendix V Glossary of Terms 385 Appendix VI Municipality Associated Counties Index Key 393 3 This page was intentionally left blank.