Aldrich & Lambrechts report

Table 3

Huntington Avenue Subway

Location
Approximate
Station
El. Top
of Rail
Soil Conditions
at Bottom of Subway
Massachusetts Ave.13+85-6.012 ft. hard packed
coarse sand
Cumberland Street21+50-10.911 ft. hard packed
coarse sand & gravel
West Newton Street26+65-13.07 ft. hard packed sand
& gravel
Garrison Street32+00-13.14 ft. hard packed coarse
sand
B&A Railroad Tracks
(Mass. Turnpike
Extension)
37+50-13.6Hard yellow clay (sand
pinches out at Station
37+50±)
Blagden Street
(& Exeter Street)
41+30-10.74 ft. silt over medium
blue clay & sand
Boylston Street
(& Exeter Street)
44+50-6.94 ft. peat over 8 ft.
fine sand over stiff
blue clay

Notes: information was obtained from City of Boston Transit Department Plans No. 17947,17943, 17936,17933 and 17914 of "Huntington Ave. Subway, Plan & Profile." The bottom of the subway structure varies from 3.5 to 6 ft. below top of rail. Footings, pedestrian passageway (Mass. Ave.) and bottoms of catch basins are deeper.