Tudor Wharf Draft Environmental Impact Report EOEA # 6744 



4.5.1 Wave and Wake Analysis 



In planning for the development of the 

 Tudor Wharf site, great consideration has 

 been given to the characteristics of the 

 maritime environment of the site. The 

 nature of the water sheet of the site, 

 water depths, current flows, navigation 

 routes and wave and wake regime have been 

 analyzed to determine the opportunities 

 and constraints which exist for the 

 maritime use of the Tudor Wharf 

 structures and surrounding waters. 



The Tudor Wharf site has been used in the 

 past forty or fifty years for non- 

 maritime activities. From the early days 

 of the settlement of Charlestown to the 

 early 1900 's the site was used to support 

 commercial shipping activities. The 

 former maritime use of the site was for 

 relatively large seagoing ships handling 

 a variety of cargoes. In the last twenty 

 years, the adjacent Hoosac Pier area has 

 been used as a recreational marina. 



The most significant factor in 

 determining the proposed program for the 

 site is the proximity of the site to the 

 Charles River dam and the Charlestown 

 Bridge. These structures constrain the 

 possible maritime uses of the site by 

 generating moderate currents at the site 

 during normal flow conditions of the 



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