Scope and Content: As part of their function to oversee, protect, and develop the waterways of Massachusetts, the Division of Waterways of the Dept. of Public Works and its predecessors in this function (the Board of Harbor Commissioners, to 1879, the Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners, 1879-1916, and the Dept. of Public Works as a whole, 1927-1938), employed engineers to review license and permit proposals, examine work completed under licenses, determine volume of displaced tidewater for which compensation was required, make other investigations as authorized, and submit reports such as these on their findings.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically. Arranged by license no. Arranged chronologically in reverse order. Arranged alphabetically by municipality (N-R only) Arranged chronologically in reverse order
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