Hydraulic Structures and Rivers

Historical images of dams, rivers, and waterworks, highlighting natural events and hydraulic engineering in Massachusetts.

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, 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

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

Swift River at downstream portal of diversion tunnel at dam site, flood photo, Mass., Mar. 19, 1936 : Parcel no. 208--, 8:55 AM , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering, floods natural events

Swift River at downstream portal of diversion tunnel at dam site, flood photo, Mass., Mar. 19, 1936 : Parcel no. 208--, 8:55 AM , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering, floods natural events

Looking northwesterly at Middle Branch regulating dam, Quabbin Reservoir, Mass., Apr. 1, 1940 : Parcel no. 570-- , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering, dams hydraulic structures

Ware River, dam at Ware River Intake, drainage area - 98 square miles, flow - 1140 cubic feet per second - 11.6 cubic feet per second per square mile, Barre, Mass., 10:30 AM, Sep. 18, 1933 , waterworks, engineering, dams hydraulic structures, floods natural events

Barre Wool Combing Co., dam, South Barre, Barre, Mass., Jun. 8, 1928 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, rivers, hydroelectric dams, watershed sanitary conditions

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

Weir below Pepper's mill pond dam on Beaver Brook, Ware, Mass., 8:40 AM, May 4, 1936 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, brooks, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures, weirs

Pratt Brook, looking upstream at culvert under North Brookfield Road, drainage area - 7.6 square miles, flow - 55 cubic feet per second - 7.2 cubic feet per second per square mile, Barre, Mass., 10:10 AM, Sep. 17, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, brooks, watershed sanitary conditions, road bridges, floods natural events

Contract No. 14, East Portion, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, West Boylston, Holden, Rutland, dam site at Shaft 1, West Boylston, Mass., Jan. 5, 1928

Ware River, Thorndike Lower Dam, Thorndike, looking upstream, Ware River, Palmer, Mass., 3:05 PM (E.D.S.T.), May 11, 1931 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, floods natural events

Contract No. 62, Clearing Lower Middle and East Branches, Quabbin Reservoir, Ware, New Salem, Petersham and Hardwick, looking westerly at the Enfield Dam partially blown out, Enfield, Mass., Apr. 12, 1939

Weir below Pepper's mill pond dam on Beaver Brook, Ware, Mass., 8:40 AM, May 4, 1936 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, brooks, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures, weirs

Dana S. Courtney Co., tailrace staff gage, Chicopee, Mass., May 15, 1928 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, factories structures, watershed sanitary conditions

General view of Winsor Dam Spillway, looking southeasterly, water elevation 528.41, Quabbin Reservoir, Mass., June 5, 1946 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering, general views, dams hydraulic structures, spillways

View of canal spillway, Ludlow Manufacturing Association, Red Bridge, Chicopee River, looking southeasterly, Wilbraham, Mass., May 10, 1948 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering, artificial water channels, spillways

Ware River at the Mill Plant dam of the Barre Wool Combing Co., drainage area - 103 square miles, flow - 910 cubic feet per second - 8.8 cubic feet per second per square mile, flow over dam - 690 cubic feet per second, flow through wheels - 220 cubic feet per second, Mass., Barre, 1:50 PM, Apr. 3, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, floods natural events

Looking easterly at East Branch regulating dam, water elevation 530.98, Quabbin Reservoir, Mass., 2:30 PM, Apr. 5, 1940 : Parcel no. 372-- , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering, dams hydraulic structures, bridges built works

General view of Winsor Dam Spillway, looking southeasterly, water elevation 527.35, Quabbin Reservoir, Mass., May 22, 1946 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering, general views, spillways

Three Rivers mill pond looking down the Quaboag River towards the Main Street bridge, flow of Chicopee River 5370 cubic feet per second - 8.3 cubic feet per second per square mile, Three Rivers, Palmer, Mass., 1:15 PM, Apr. 5, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, mill ponds, floods natural events

A.G. Spalding Co., tail race staff gage #4, upper wheel #8, Chicopee, Mass., May 15, 1928 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, factories structures, watershed sanitary conditions

Chicopee River, Collins Manufacturing Co. dam, washed out canal, Wilbraham, Mass., 1:45 PM, Oct. 1, 1938 , New England Hurricane, 1938, waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures

Bulkheads Built to Each Side for Downstream Bank Protection. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Contract No. 51, East Branch Baffle, Site of Quabbin Reservoir, Greenwich, Hardwick, looking north at culvert site from highway, Hardwick, Mass., Jun. 25, 1936

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

Ware River, Gilbert Manufacturing Co., Gilbertville, lower dam, looking upstream, Ware River, Hardwick, Mass., 1:40 PM (E.D.S.T.), May 11, 1931 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, floods natural events, covered bridges

Ware River, lower 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., 3:30 PM, Apr. 13, 1934 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, floods natural events, covered bridges

Beaver Brook at weir below Pepper's mill pond dam, Ware, Mass., 8:20 AM, Jun. 4, 1936 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, brooks, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures, weirs

A.G. Spalding Co., tail race staff gage #4, upper wheel #8, Chicopee, Mass., May 15, 1928 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, factories structures, watershed sanitary conditions

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

Beaver Brook at Pepper's mill pond dam, Ware, Mass., 8:40 AM, May 8, 1936 , waterworks, real estate, brooks, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures

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

Major Project (Dams and Reservoirs). 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Drum over Pinebobäken. Decauville tracks, the finished rail lengths were used as provisional paths for track work vehicles.

Reservoirs. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

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

Beaver Brook at outlet of Beaver Lake, Ware, Mass., 9:30 AM, Mar. 13, 1936 , waterworks, real estate, brooks, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures

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

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

Ware River, meadow on south side of mill pond, Ware Mills Otis Co., drainage area - 167 square miles, flow - 1685 cubic feet per second - 10.1 cubic feet per second per square mile, Ware, Mass., 3:45 PM, Apr. 13, 1934 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events

Ware River, Barre Wool Combing Co., dam at South Barre, looking upstream, Barre, Mass., 10:15 AM, Apr. 1, 1932 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, floods natural events

Contract No. 66, Regulating Dams, Middle Branch (New Salem), and East Branch of the Swift River, Hardwick and Petersham (formerly Dana), looking northeasterly at dam 4, middle branch regulating dam, Hardwick, Mass., Dec. 9, 1939

Beaver Brook at outlet to Beaver Lake, Ware, Mass., 3:50 PM, Mar. 20, 1936 , waterworks, real estate, brooks, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures

Gilbert Co., 25, Upper Mill dam, Hardwick, Mass., Jun. 8, 1928 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, rivers, hydroelectric dams, watershed sanitary conditions, residential structures

Flood spillway at Otis Co. dam, Ware, Mass., 2:05 PM, Mar. 19, 1936 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures, railroads infrastructure

Weir below Pepper's mill pond dam on Beaver Brook, Ware, Mass., 8:40 AM, May 13, 1936 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, brooks, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures, weirs

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

View of main dam spillway, Ludlow Manufacturing Association, Red Bridge, Chicopee River, looking northeasterly, Ludlow and Wilbraham, Mass., May 10, 1948 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering, dams hydraulic structures, spillways

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

Water Going Over Chute of Dam #150, Cannonball, ND. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Weir and gauge on Beaver Brook, near dike site, Quabbin Reservoir, Mass., Oct. 9, 1929 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, weirs

First water flowing down Winsor Dam Spillway, Quabbin Reservoir, Mass., June 22, 1946 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering, general views, spillways, dams hydraulic structures, people agents, celebrations

Contract No. 66, Regulating Dams, Middle Branch (New Salem), and East Branch of the Swift River, Hardwick and Petersham (formerly Dana), looking at upstream face of east branch regulating dam from west side of river, Hardwick, Mass., Sep. 12, 1939

Ware River at dam at Intake Works, 12.61 million gallons per day being diverted, 160 cubic feet per second passing down the river, Barre, Mass., 10:40 AM, Mar. 13, 1936 , waterworks, engineering, dams hydraulic structures, floods natural events

Barre Wool Combing Co., powder mill dam, Barre, Mass., Jun. 8, 1928 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, rivers, hydroelectric dams, watershed sanitary conditions

Track building inlandsbanan.järnvägsbro over the Ume River at Storuman

General view of hydroelectric station, Palmer Mills Inc., Three Rivers, Palmer, Mass., Oct. 9, 1941 : Chicopee River , waterworks, real estate, factories structures, watershed sanitary conditions, hydroelectric power plants, dams hydraulic structures, general views

Ware River, middle dam at Ware, looking towards Ware Valley Manufacturing Co., drainage area - 168 square miles, flow 1180 cubic feet per second over dam, 100 cubic feet per second through wheels, total 1280 cubic feet per second - 7.6 cubic feet per second per square mile, Ware, Mass., 4:35 PM, Apr. 3, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, floods natural events, factories structures

Power plant in Ljungsbro.

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

General view of hydroelectric station, Palmer Mills Inc., Three Rivers, Palmer, Mass., Oct. 9, 1941 : Chicopee River , waterworks, real estate, factories structures, watershed sanitary conditions, hydroelectric power plants, dams hydraulic structures, general views

Ware River, looking upstream from the South Street bridge at the Ware Woolen and the Ware Valley Co. dam, Ware, Mass., 12:10 PM, Mar. 19, 1936 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures, factories structures

Ware River, George W. Wheelwright Paper Co. dam, drainage area - 130 square miles, flow - 1520 cubic feet per second - 11.7 cubic feet per second per square mile, Barre, Mass., 4:10 PM, Sep. 17, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, floods natural events

Ware River at Ware Mills Otis Co. middle dam, drainage area - 168 square miles, flow - 1694 cubic feet per second - 10.1 cubic feet per second per square mile, Ware, Mass., 4:00 PM, Apr. 13, 1934 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, floods natural events, factories structures

Owyhee Dam which impounds water for the Vale-Owyhee irrigation project. Malheur County, Oregon 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Malheur County

Water Use: Electricity - South Carolina. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Ware River, showing washed out weir and bridge below Ware River Intake Works at Coldbrook, Barre, Mass., Mar. 31, 1936 : Parcel no. 123- , waterworks, engineering, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures

Wheelwright Paper Co., 26, Gage #4, Hardwick, Mass., Jun. 8, 1928 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, rivers, railroad bridges, watershed sanitary conditions

Weir below Beaver Brook at Pepper's mill pond dam, Ware, Mass., 8:10 AM, May 16, 1936 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, brooks, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures, weirs

Ware River, George W. Wheelwright Paper Co. dam, drainage area - 130 square miles, flow - 1520 cubic feet per second - 11.7 cubic feet per second per square mile, Barre, Mass., 4:10 PM, Sep. 17, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, floods natural events

Beaver Brook at Pepper's mill pond dam, Ware, Mass., 1:50 PM, May 23, 1936 , waterworks, real estate, brooks, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures

Barre Wool Combing Co., showing pool formed after longer pipe was installed at lagoon outlet, Barre, Mass., 10:00 AM, May 20, 1935 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions

One of main irrigation canals. Bernadillo County, New Mexico 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico , Bernadillo County

Discharge of waste into Ware River at the Geo. W. Wheelwright Paper Co., Hardwick, Mass., 10:30 AM, Oct. 19, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions

Porjus power plant.

Potter Pond Dam, Nellie J. Potter, Oakham, Mass., Jul. 2, 1930 : Parcel no. 124-22 , waterworks, real estate, dams hydraulic structures

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

Water flowing from Outlet Works Building at Shaft #1, looking southeasterly, West Boylston, Mass., 11:05 AM, Sep. 17, 1941 , Water levels, waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering, milestone event, people agents

Tesa Rai Land Reclamation Board the superficial water discharge system 1963. Belluno, Italy

Gilbert Co., 24, Lower Mill dam, Hardwick, Mass., Jun. 8, 1928 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, rivers, hydroelectric dams, covered bridges, watershed sanitary conditions

Looking easterly at Enfield Bridge, Quabbin Reservoir, Mass., Nov. 3, 1939 : Parcel no. 269-- , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering, bridges built works

Norwegian hydroelectric Kvælstof Aktieselskab. Rjukan, Telemark county in Norway.

Contract No. 112, Spillway at Shaft 2 of Quabbin Aqueduct, Holden, water being discharged at Shaft 2, at 11:22 am, looking upstream from north bank, Holden, Mass., May 14, 1943

General view of lower spillway channel showing measuring weir during release of first water from Quabbin Reservoir, looking northeasterly, Quabbin Reservoir, Mass., June 22, 1946 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering, general views, spillways, dams hydraulic structures, people agents, celebrations

Kvarndammen. Customs mill and fleet. Kvarndammen. Tullkvarn och flottrännan.

Washout at spillway of Ware Mills, Otis Co. dam, Ware, Mass., 1:30 PM, Mar. 19, 1936 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures

Civilian Conservation Corps - West Virginia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

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

Chicopee River, washed out fire pump station, Otis Co., Palmer Mills at Three Rivers, Palmer, Mass., 10:50 AM, Oct. 1, 1938 , New England Hurricane, 1938, waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, factories structures, damage condition

Contract No. 39, Trunk Line Sewer, Rutland, Holden, Asnebumskit Brook culvert, Rutland-Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Oct. 10, 1933

Ware River Manufacturing Co., Asneconick Pond dam, Hubbardston, Mass., Oct. 10, 1930 : Purchased Sep. 15, 1936, outside surveyed area, no parcel number, survey sheet 227 , waterworks, real estate, dams hydraulic structures

Contract No. 96, Chlorine Storage House and Equipment and Chlorinating Equipment for Gate House at Norumbega Reservoir, Weston, looking east from Sta. 97+00 showing proposed site of chlorine storage house, chlorinator house, Weston, Mass., Jan. 30, 1940

Wachusett Dam, high water at lower end of main flume, from the east, Clinton, Mass., Dec. 16, 1897 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Porjus power plant.

Logging: Transportation: Log Drive - Wisconsin. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Fors in one.

Contract No. 56, Administration Buildings, Main Dam, Belchertown, forms for roof beams, patrol building, Belchertown, Mass., Apr. 11, 1938

Contract No. 17, West Portion, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, Rutland, Oakham, Barre, riprap on Ware River east of Boston and Maine Railroad trestle, Shaft 8, Barre, Mass., Mar. 6, 1930

Wachusett Dam, looking into main flume, Clinton, Mass., Mar. 2, 1900 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

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