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13 unusual facts about Charles River


Allston–Brighton

They are connected to the Fenway/Kenmore area of Boston by a tiny strip of land containing Boston University along the Charles River, with Brookline lying to the south and southeast, Cambridge to the north and Newton to the west, so they retain a very distinct neighbourhood identity together.

Charles Rockwell Lanman

A vigorous man, Lanman rowed daily on the Charles River until age 88, ice permitting, and was nicknamed "Charles River Lanman" by the Harvard Crimson.

Community Boating, Inc

CBI offers members instruction for sailing and windsurfing, and allows members to use CBI-owned sailboats on the Charles River.

Kingsbury family

Joseph Kingsberry, who may have been Sir Ralf of Bracebridge's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandson, is found in a search party of the Charles River in 1635.

Lotus Software

Lotus's headquarters in Cambridge were originally divided into two buildings, the Lotus Development Building (LDB) on the banks of the Charles River, and the Rogers Street building, adjacent to the CambridgeSide Galleria.

Marshall Newell

After Newell's death, Harvard alumni donated $2,000 to construct a new boathouse on the Charles River for use by the crew and named the Newell Boat House.

Quentin Compson

A plaque on the Anderson Memorial Bridge (commonly but incorrectly called Larz Anderson Bridge) over the Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts, commemorates his life and death.

Rainbow smelt

Commercial harvests are down from historic levels; for example around 1850 an annual harvest from the Charles River alone was around 9 million fish.

Thomas Jackson Rodman

Throughout the American Civil War, Rodman was commander and superintendent of the Watertown Arsenal, located along the Charles River in Watertown, Massachusetts.

United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1996

On the same day the spending cap was agreed upon, Governor Weld jumped into the Charles River after signing a bill and spoke at the 1996 Republican National Convention on August 14 before debating U.S. Senator Kerry again on August 19.

Waltham Aircraft Clock Corporation

The Waltham Aircraft Clock Corporation's history originates 1854 on the banks of the Charles River, in Waltham, Massachusetts, with the Waltham Watch Company.

West Roxbury Education Complex

The School is located near the 19th Century site of Brook Farm, and in the watershed of the upper Charles River.

WXRV

The FM station was restored to its current position on the FM dial in 1959, became WLYT (Lite 92.5) in 1983, and gained its current identity as WXRV in 1995, presumably taking the River moniker from the nearby Merrimack River (though with its wider reach, it uses Boston's Charles River for publicity purposes).


Bob Cutler

A member of the Riverside Boat Club, he was born in Charles River, Massachusetts to Roger W. Cutler and former State Senator Leslie B. Cutler.

Boston University Housing System

These hotels include the Hyatt Regency Cambridge on the opposite bank of the Charles, and the Holiday Inn Brookline, both a manageable walk to main campus with free shuttle bus service provided to students in the Hyatt.

Charles River Dam Bridge

, also called Craigie's Bridge or the Canal Bridge, is a six-lane bascule bridge across the Charles River, connecting Leverett Circle in downtown Boston, to Monsignor O'Brien Highway in East Cambridge, Massachusetts.

George Walker Weld

George Walker Weld (1840-1905), youngest son of William Fletcher Weld and member of the Weld Family of Boston, was a founding member of the Boston Athletic Association (organizers of today's Boston Marathon) and the financier of the Weld Boathouse, a landmark on the Charles River.

Harvard Bridge

Bridge) is a steel haunched girder bridge between Back Bay, Boston to Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, carrying Massachusetts Avenue (Route 2A) over the Charles River.

Massachusetts Route 30

Between Boston and the Charles River it is known as Commonwealth Avenue, along most of this route is part of the course of the Boston Marathon.

Norumbega

In the late 19th century, Eben Norton Horsford linked the name and legend of Norumbega to sites in the Cambridge, Massachusetts area, and built the Norumbega Tower at the confluence of Stony Brook and the Charles River in Weston, Massachusetts, where he believed Fort Norumbega was located (see the Horsford article for more on his claims).

Temple of Dendur

Alternative plans proposed re-erecting the temple on the banks of the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. or on the Charles River in Boston.

Union Freight Railroad

Additionally, the track was extended west on Causeway Street to Lowell Street, where it turned north, merging with the original alignment of the Boston and Lowell Railroad and its bridge over the Charles River.