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    name Boylston Street Fishweir refers to ancient fishing structures first discovered in 1913, buried 29 to 40 feet (8.8 to 12.2 m) below Boylston Street in...
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    Fenway neighborhood of Boston. Boylston Street Fishweir – archeological site discovered while excavating the Boylston Street subway Clarke, Bradley H.; Cummings...
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    of the Boylston Street Fishweir have been documented during excavations for subway tunnels and building foundations. The Boylston Street Fishweir was actually...
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    discovered during subway construction in 1913 (see Ancient Fishweir Project and Boylston Street Fishweir). In 1814, the Boston and Roxbury Mill Corporation was...
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    ancient Boylston Street Fishweir that had been discovered during excavations in the vicinity. The MBTA plans to add three elevators to the Berkeley Street lobby...
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  • Department created. Vedanta Center established (approximate date). 1913 Boylston Street Fishweir discovered. Women's City Club and Boston Society of Landscape Architects...
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    land bounded by five major Boston streets: Tremont Street, Park Street, Beacon Street, Charles Street, and Boylston Street. The Common is part of the Emerald...
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    period. The fishweir construction is based on archeological discovery of wooden stakes from fishweirs, including the Boylston Street Fishweir, that are...
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  • rapids or the mouths or rivers. Elaborate fish-weirs, such as the Boylston Street Fishweir, were constructed to channel the fish in rivers, or trap them with...
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  • Register of Historic Places listings in Penobscot County, Maine Boylston Street Fishweir "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic...
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    Archaeological excavations unearthed one of the oldest fishweirs in New England on Boylston Street, which Native people constructed as early as 7,000 years...
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