Tudor Wharf Draft Environmental Impact Report EOEA # 6744 



towns, and the subsequent location for 

 the bridges that connected them. 



A review of historic maps and site plans 

 dating back to the early 18th century was 

 conducted. These documents cover the 

 development of Charlestown from 17 07 to 

 the present. Based on the best available 

 information, the approximate locations of 

 the historic high and low water lines 

 dating back to 1775 have been determined. 

 A compilation of these maps is shown as 

 Exhibit 14. 



The earliest determinable high water 

 line, from 1775, is approximately where 

 Water Street is today. This location is 

 also consistent with official DEQE 

 Division of Waterways Regulation maps 

 showing the historic shoreline. Thus, 

 none of the property within the project 

 site is considered to be uplands, and the 

 entire site is subject to tidelands 

 licensing. The plans also show little or 

 no change in the mean low water from 1775 

 to 1835. 



The historic maps also show the historic 

 extreme low water line to be 

 approximately in the location of the 1840 

 harbor line. The historic extreme low 

 water line has been determined by survey 

 to be approximately 200 feet from the 

 present bulkhead. Thus, all of the site 



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