Sentence:  Between the abutments on the Newbury shore and the south bank of Deer Island there <WSD>was</WSD> one span or arch measuring 160 feet ; between the north shore of Deer Island and the Salisbury side there was an arch of 113 feet and a series of piers with a draw forty feet long . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere