Historic Water Management Structures

Vintage photographs showcasing dams, rivers, and culverts, highlighting historical engineering and waterworks in New England. The mood is nostalgic and informative.

Chicopee River, washed out canal at Bircham Bend hydroelectric station, looking upstream, Springfield, Mass., 2:25 PM, Oct. 1, 1938 , New England Hurricane, 1938, waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures, bridges built works, damage condition

Ware River, upper dam of George H. Gilbert Manufacturing Co., drainage area - 161 square miles, flow - 1650 cubic feet per second - 10.2 cubic feet per second per square mile, Gilbertville, Hardwick, Mass., 3:20 PM, Apr. 13, 1934 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, floods natural events

Chicopee River, washed out canal at Bircham Bend hydroelectric station, looking upstream, Springfield, Mass., 2:25 PM, Oct. 1, 1938 , New England Hurricane, 1938, waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures, bridges built works, damage condition

Pratt Brook, looking upstream at culvert under North Brookfield Road, drainage area - 7.6 square miles flow - 168 cubic feet per second - 22.1 cubic feet per second per square mile, Barre, Mass., 4:30 PM, Sep. 16, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, brooks, watershed sanitary conditions, road bridges, floods natural events

Looking northerly at dam on property formerly of the Robert M. Woods estate, Enfield, Mass., Nov. 24, 1939 : Parcel no. 248-61 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, dams hydraulic structures

Spoil bank above Ware River Intake Works, drainage area - 98 square miles, flow - 1315 cubic feet per second - 13.4 cubic feet per second per square mile, Barre, Mass., 8:20 AM, Apr. 18, 1933 : Parcel no. 123-4 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, spoil banks

Barre Wool Combing Co., pool at lagoon outlet, Barre, Mass., 2:30 PM, May 22, 1935 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions

Ware River, Ware Mills, Otis Co. dam, Ware, Mass., 3:50 PM, Mar. 12, 1936 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures

Bridge construction for the double track over the channel between Rönninge - power

Ware River, George G. Gilbert Manufacturing Co., upper dam, drainage area - 161 square miles, flow - 1925 cubic feet per second - 12.0 cubic feet per second per square mile, Gilbertville, Hardwick, Mass., 3:05 PM, Sep. 17, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, floods natural events

Federal Fabrics Corporation, control dam at Greenwich Lake outlet, Greenwich, Mass., May 24, 1933 : Parcel no. 309-10 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, dams hydraulic structures, railroad bridges

Bircham Bend, canal and station, Springfield, Mass., May 15, 1928 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, rivers, hydroelectric dams, watershed sanitary conditions

Ware River at the G.H. Wheelwright Paper Co. dam, drainage area - 130 square miles, flow 1060 cubic feet per second - 8.2 cubic feet per second per square mile, 2:30 PM, Barre, Mass., Apr. 3, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, tailraces, dams hydraulic structures, factories structures, floods natural events

Ware River, Wheelwright Paper Co., dam, looking northeast, Ware River, Hardwick, Mass., 1:10 PM (E.D.S.T.), May 11, 1931 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, floods natural events

Ware River, Gilbert Manufacturing Co., Gilbertville, upper dam, looking upstream, Ware River, Hardwick, Mass., 1:30 PM (E.D.S.T.), May 11, 1931 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, floods natural events

Contract No. 49, Excavating Diversion Channels, Site of Quabbin Reservoir, Dana, Hardwick, Greenwich, intake channel at Shaft 12, looking northwesterly, Hardwick, Mass., Dec. 19, 1935

Sudbury Department, Framingham Reservoir No. 3, shore improvement on south side, looking east, Framingham, Mass., Dec. 13, 1907 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

New England Power Company cable crossing reservoir north of transmission line, New Salem, Mass., July 5, 1945 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, power lines

Contract No. 14, East Portion, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, West Boylston, Holden, Rutland, spoil bank, Shaft 1, West Boylston, Mass., Sep. 30, 1929

Wheelwright Paper Co., pond level gage #1, Hardwick, Mass., Jun. 8, 1928 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, rivers, hydroelectric dams, watershed sanitary conditions

Chicopee Manufacturing Corp. dam, Chicopee River, drainage area - 713 square miles, flow over dam - 3600 cubic feet per second, through canal - 1900 cubic feet per second, total - 5500 cubic feet per second - 7.7 cubic feet per second per square mile, Chicopee, Mass., 4:40 PM, Apr. 5, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, floods natural events, cities

Ware River, Otis Co., mill pond from east side in rear of Ware Foundry Co. looking southwest, Gilbertville, Hardwick, Mass., 12:07 PM, Apr. 1, 1932 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, mill ponds, dams hydraulic structures, floods natural events

Gaging station on Beaver Brook below Peppers Mill Pond, gage Reading 5.55, Ware, Mass., 10:00 AM, Mar. 19, 1936 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, brooks, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures

Chicopee River, dam at United Electric Co. hydroelectric station at Bircham Bend, Springfield, Mass., 3:00 PM, Mar. 13, 1936 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, hydroelectric power plants, dams hydraulic structures, floods natural events

Wheelwright Paper Co., pond level gage #1, Hardwick, Mass., Jun. 8, 1928 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, rivers, hydroelectric dams, watershed sanitary conditions

Barre Wool Combing Co. Ltd., 29, Powder Mill Dam, Barre, Mass., Jun. 8, 1928 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, rivers, hydroelectric dams, watershed sanitary conditions

Ware River, near degreasing plant, Barre Wool Combing Co., drainage area - 103 square miles, flow - 1193 cubic feet per second - 11.6 cubic feet per second per square mile, flow in river 935 cubic feet per second, through wheels 258 cubic feet per second, Barre, Mass., 11:00 AM, Sep. 17, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events

Beaver Brook at Pepper's mill pond dam, Ware, Mass., 8:20 AM, May 22, 1936 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures, weirs

Water from Ware River at outlet of shaft 11A, Enfield, Mass., Apr. 1, 1940 : Parcel no. 352-- , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering

Ware River stream, slope gage at Coldbrook, Coldbrook, Barre, Mass., Jun. 8, 1928 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions

Barre Wool Combing Co. Ltd., showing channel lagoon influent follows to outlet pipe, Barre, Mass., 1:45 PM, May 16, 1935 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions

Mills, Milling and Log Storage - Florida. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Contract No. 49, Excavating Diversion Channels, Site of Quabbin Reservoir, Dana, Hardwick, Greenwich, outlet channel at Shaft 11A, looking north at Sta. 8+60, Hardwick, Mass., May 20, 1936

Administrative Structures - Maryland. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Wickwire-Spencer Steel Corp., new treatment works, mill in background, Spencer, Mass., 2:50 PM, Apr. 6, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, sewage treatment plants, factories structures

Dredging mill near Saron, 1903 - 1910 photograph A dredging mill working in a channel near Saron. Part of the photo album Souvenir de Voyage (part 2), about the life of the Doijer family in and around the MA retreat plantation in Suriname in the years 1903-1910. Suriname photographic support cyanotype Suriname

Ware River, Ware Mills, Otis Co. dam, Ware, Mass., 3:40 PM, Mar. 12, 1936 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures

Contract No. 85, Manufacture and Delivery of Precast Concrete Steel Cylinder Pipe, Southborough, Framingham, Wayland, Natick, Weston, entrance to Lock Joint Pipe Co. Plant, looking east from Chestnut Hill Road, Southborough, Mass., Aug. 22, 1939

Chicopee River, dam at Bircham Bend hydroelectric station, showing washed out canal, Springfield, Mass., 2:15 PM, Oct. 1, 1938 , New England Hurricane, 1938, waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures

Contract No. 17, West Portion, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, Rutland, Oakham, Barre, site for spoil bank, south of river, Barre, Mass., Aug. 12, 1929

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, 20-inch pipe crossing at Mystic River, Section 28, Arlington, Mass., Jun. 14, 1899 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Contract No. 19, Dam and Substructure of Ware River Intake Works at Shaft 8, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, Barre, water flowing over dam at Shaft 8, Barre, Mass., Jul. 10, 1931

Contract No. 14, East Portion, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, West Boylston, Holden, Rutland, settling basin at Shaft 2, Holden, Mass., Dec. 19, 1928

New dam looking towards headworks, Barre Wool Combing Co., Barre, Mass., 3:25 PM, Oct. 10, 1934 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, spillways, construction sites

Barre Wool Combing Co., Mill Plant dam, reinforcing dam, Barre, Mass., Aug. 4, 1934 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, construction sites

Barre Wool Combing Co., pool at lagoon outlet, Barre, Mass., 10:00 AM, Jun. 21, 1935 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, Spring Cove (from Melrose Pumping Station pier), Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, general views

Barre Wool Combing Co., lagoon and sampling station, Barre, Mass., Feb. 3, 1933 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions

Sawmill Interiors - Saw Heads, Circular. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Dams - Construction. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

New dam looking towards headworks, Barre Wool Combing Co., Barre, Mass., 3:25 PM, Oct. 10, 1934 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, spillways, construction sites

Distribution Department, Southern High Service Waban Hill Reservoir, elevation of water 261.42, Newton, Mass., Sep. 12, 1919 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures

Wheelwright Paper Co., 26, Gage #1, Hardwick, Mass., Jun. 8, 1928 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, rivers, hydroelectric dams, watershed sanitary conditions

Sludge in Chicopee River at Bircham Bend, Chicopee and Springfield, Mass., Jul. 21, 1936 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, roads

Lagoon at Barre Wool Combing Co., Barre, Mass., Mar. 14, 1934 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions

Chicopee River, dam at Bircham Bend hydroelectric station, showing washed out canal, Springfield, Mass., 2:15 PM, Oct. 1, 1938 , New England Hurricane, 1938, waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures

Dike at Powder Mill dam, Barre Wool Combing Co. Ltd., looking southwesterly, South Barre, Mass., Apr. 26, 1934 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, dikes, floods natural events

Collins Manufacturing Co., tailrace looking at mill, Wilbraham, Mass., Mar. 15, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, factories structures, tailraces

Bircham Bend, 3, Gage #1, United Electric Light Co., Springfield, Mass., May 15, 1928 : Chicopee River , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, rivers, hydroelectric dams, watershed sanitary conditions, railroad bridges

Wooden walkway, 1903 - 1907 photograph A wooden walkway on stilts that runs like a scaffolding to the waterfront where a vessel is moored. Photo in the photo album about oil extraction on Borneo by the Royal Dutch Petroleum Maatschappij (KNPM) in the years 1903-1907. Kalimantan paper gelatin silver print Borneo

Chicopee River, Chicopee Manufacturing Corp., tailrace #3 and #4 Units, head-canal to tailrace 23.5ft., drainage area - 713 square miles, flow - 5450 cubic feet per second - 7.6 cubic feet per second per square mile, Chicopee, Mass., 10:55 AM, Apr. 6, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, tailraces, floods natural events, factories structures

12/31/1929. Mill by the river.

A.G. Spalding Brothers Co., 1-S, Gage #8, Chicopee, Mass., May 15, 1928 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, factories structures, watershed sanitary conditions

Contract No. 70, WPA Sewer Construction, Rutland, 'C' line, looking back from manhole 11C on Pommagussett Road, Rutland Sewer, Rutland, Mass., Apr. 2, 1941

Emil Malm, pond, Dana, Mass., Oct. 10, 1928 : Parcel no. 472-1, Emil E. and Hilva E. Malm , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, ponds water

Description: Timber Cutting - Logs lying in creek awaiting rise of water, Series No. 11. Note Remaining point (logs being shipped to follow to complete Series 12 in number. Description: Timber Cutting - Logs lying in creek awaiting rise of water Series 10. africa

Chicopee River, tailwater, hydroelectric station, Palmer Mills, Otis Co., drainage area - 644 square miles, flow - 5400 cubic feet per second - 8.4 cubic feet per second per square mile, Palmer, Mass., 1:30 PM, Apr. 5, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, hydroelectric power plants, tailraces

The blacksmiths in Vira in 1935.

Battle Creek Bridge Project 5B Single 19' Span Increased to 3 Owing to Excessive Dirt Pressure. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Eugenie Marshall, culvert, New Salem, Mass., Oct. 24, 1935 : Parcel no. 610-- , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, culverts

Collins Manufacturing Co., tailrace looking at mill, Wilbraham, Mass., Mar. 15, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, factories structures, tailraces

Contract No. 85, Manufacture and Delivery of Precast Concrete Steel Cylinder Pipe, Southborough, Framingham, Wayland, Natick, Weston, view of dismantling of pipe pouring line and showing removing of last pieces of stored pipe, Natick, Mass., Jan. 3, 1940

Contract No. 30, Stream Control Works at Main Dam, Swift River Reservoir, Belchertown, Enfield, Ware, approach channel after diverting river, looking towards portal, stream control works, Belchertown, Mass., Jun. 8, 1933

The construction of the double track between Rönninge and power.

Work on strengthening the track along the track between Nyköping and Oxelösund 1960.

Swift River at upper end of Bondsville mill, Bondsville, Palmer, Mass., 2:50 PM, Sep. 22, 1938 , New England Hurricane, 1938, waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, mills buildings, damage condition

Bircham Bend, dam, Springfield, Mass., May 15, 1928 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, rivers, hydroelectric dams, watershed sanitary conditions

Contract No. 17, West Portion, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, Rutland, Oakham, Barre, Shaft 8, Barre, Mass., Nov. 21, 1928

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, Basket Cove / Morning Meadow (Kingfisher Hill and Basket Cove), Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, general views, Kingfisher Hill, Basket Cove

Wachusett Reservoir, boring machines at dam site, Lancaster Mill Pond, Clinton, Mass., 1895 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites, boring machinery

Ware River, Wheelwright Paper Co., dam, looking northeast, Barre, Mass., 10:45 AM, Apr. 1, 1932 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, floods natural events

Brownstone quarries, Portland, Conn. (The Brainerd & Co. Quarry.) 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Connecticut, Middlesex County (Conn.), Quarrying, Portland (Conn.)

Image of the steel plastic at the N.S. station Doetinchem in Doetinchem.

Construction of a wooden rack and brickwork for a bridge tiler on the eastern shore of the Kali Brantas south of Malang, seen from the side (photo VII). Photo with the corresponding caption on the left page. Part of photo album with recordings of building a bridge over the Kali Brantas south of Malang on Java.

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, near site of the old icehouse, Pond Street shore The Knuckles?, Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, general views

Chicopee River at National Scale Co., tailrace and dam, drainage area - 713 square miles, flow - 5400 cubic feet per second over dam, 1200 cubic feet per second through Chicopee Manufacturing Corp. canal, total 6660 cubic feet per second - 9.4 cubic feet per second per square mile, Chicopee, Mass., 3:55 PM, Apr. 18, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, tailraces, dams hydraulic structures, factories structures

Gilbert Manufacturing Co., dam at Ware from east side looking upstream, Ware River, Ware, Mass., 2:10 PM, Apr. 11, 1931 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, floods natural events, factories structures

G.H. Gilbert Manufacturing Co., upper dam, drainage area - 161 square miles, flow - 1730 cubic feet per second over dam, 60 cubic feet per second through water wheels, total 1790 cubic feet per second - 11.1 cubic feet per second per square mile, Hardwick, Mass., 11:00 AM, Apr. 17, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, floods natural events

Wastes from Collins Manufacturing Co. above Station F-2, Wilbraham, Mass., 2:00 PM, Sep. 29, 1932 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, factories structures

Mill at Sinkow. .

Beaver Brook at Pepper's mill pond dam, Ware, Mass., 8:30 AM, May 28, 1936 , waterworks, real estate, brooks, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures

Sudbury Department, Hopkinton Dam, wasteway and 48-inch outlet, Ashland, Mass., 1892 , waterworks, dams, construction sites, spillways

Barre Wool Combing Co., lagoon near outlet, Barre, Mass., 9:55 AM, Jun. 3, 1935 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, western shore, north of Antler Rock (Southern Deer Hill shore), Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, general views

Barre Wool Combing Co. Ltd., showing men cleaning out channel in river, 75' above outlet to lagoon trench, Barre, Mass., 1:35 PM, May 16, 1935 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions

Panorama from below Outlet Works at Shaft #1, looking north westerly, Wachusett Reservoir, West Boylston, Mass., Sep. 15, 1941 , Water levels, waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering

George H. Gilbert Manufacturing Co., Ware dam, drainage area - 168 square miles, entire flow over dam - 1810 cubic feet per second - 10.8 cubic feet per second per square mile, Hardwick, Mass., 9:30 AM, Apr. 17, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, floods natural events

Dust building in sword lake.

Ware Woolen Co., Ware Valley Manufacturing Co. Inc. dam looking towards Ware Woolen Co., drainage area - 168 square miles, flow - 1700 cubic feet per second over dam, 100 cubic feet per second through wheels, total - 1800 cubic feet per second - 10.8 cubic feet per second per square mile, Ware, Mass., 9:55 AM, Apr. 17, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, floods natural events, factories structures

Dwight Manufacturing Co., canal headgates, and wastegates, Chicopee, Mass., Aug. 20, 1931 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, artificial water channels

Weir below Beaver Brook at Pepper's mill pond dam, Ware, Mass., 8:30 AM, May 18, 1936 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, brooks, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures, weirs

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