Tudor Wharf Draft Environmental Impact Report EOEA # 6744 



from Water Street to the historic extreme 

 low water line are considered to be 

 "private tidelands". The area between the 

 US Pierhead and Bulkhead line and the 

 1984 Harbor line are considered to be 

 "Commonwealth tidelands". 



The present extreme low water line 

 differs from the historic extreme low 

 water line in several respects. Dredging 

 of the slip between Tudor Wharf and the 

 former Hoosac Pier complex (now 

 Constitution Marina) during the late 

 1800 's shifted the low water line 

 landward, under the Tudor Wharf pier. 

 Some filling or accretion has also 

 apparently occured, shifting the low 

 water line seaward on the westerly side 

 of Tudor Wharf. 



Early maps and charts of the Charlestown 

 area and Boston Harbor show development 

 at the Tudor Wharf site as early as 1775. 

 The area of Tudor Wharf was the closest 

 to Boston and was therefore the locale of 

 the first ferry crossing between Boston 

 and Charlestown. The first bridge, the 

 Charles River Avenue Bridge was later 

 built adjacent to the Tudor Wharf site. 



The Harbor Commissioner's Plan of the 

 Harbor in 1835 and the Charlestown Branch 

 Railroad map of 1839 show the Charles 

 River Avenue Bridge and Austin's Wharf, 



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