Water Infrastructure Development

Black and white images showing construction of roads and waterworks, highlighting early 20th-century industrial infrastructure and environmental management.

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, Dam No. 10 and South Street, Stoneham, Mass., Sep. 4, 1900 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Wachusett Reservoir, building new road to freight house, Oakdale, West Boylston, Mass., May 8, 1902 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites, roads

Wachusett Reservoir, building new road to freight house, Oakdale, West Boylston, Mass., May 8, 1902 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites, roads

Wachusett Department, Wachusett-Sudbury power transmission line, regular 40-foot single poles, Wachusett Aqueduct, covered portion, Northborough, Mass., Aug. 1, 1918 , waterworks, power lines, aqueducts, construction completed

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, surface water drains, Woodland Road north from station 19, building catch basins, Stoneham, Mass., Oct. 26, 1915 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Distribution Department, supply pipe lines, Section 4, work completed, looking northwesterly, Newton, Mass., May 14, 1903 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Distribution Department, supply pipe lines, Section 3, Colby Street, Newton, Mass., May 14, 1903 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Contract No. 80, High Level Distribution Reservoir, Weston, looking northeast along Alfred H. Dean property line showing uncompleted fence, high level distribution reservoir, Weston, Mass., Aug. 12, 1940

Distribution Department, Weston Aqueduct Supply Mains, Section 7, preliminary work, westerly end of tunnel, Newton, Mass., May 26, 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, Dam No. 10 and South Street, Stoneham, Mass., Sep. 4, 1900 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Contract No. 44, Extension of Belchertown-Pelham Highway, New Salem, Orange, looking back from Sta. 1042+60, before blasting, New Salem, Mass., Jan. 16, 1934

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, looking northerly on Highland Street from manhole 22-B, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., May 28, 1940

Distribution Department, Weston Aqueduct Supply Mains, Section 7, preliminary work, westerly end of tunnel, Newton, Mass., May 26, 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Distribution Department, Southern High Service Pipe Lines, Section 47, taking from Lake Street to Washington Street, after laying 20-inch pipe, Brighton, Mass., Aug. 20, 1918 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Distribution Department, Southern High Service Pipe Lines, Section 47, taking from Lake Street to Washington Street, after laying 20-inch pipe, Brighton, Mass., Aug. 20, 1918 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, looking easterly on Woodland Road from manhole 22B, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Sep. 17, 1940

Monthly Progress Photo, Re-seeding House A(10) Lawn, Looking Northwest, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Contract No. 130, Grading, Loaming, and Grassing Vicinity of Shaft 4, Pressure Aqueduct, Southborough, and Improvement of Access Roads to the Intake Works and at Norumbega Reservoir, Marlborough, Southborough, Weston, looking southeasterly showing completed grading over road of tunnel spoil, headhouse at Shaft 4, Southborough, Mass., May 22, 1941

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, South Street and Dam No. 8 road, Stoneham, Mass., Sep. 4, 1900 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Distribution Department, Southern High Service Pipe Line, Section 19, station 7, Reservoir Lane; Webber's Waste Weir (Cochituate Aqueduct), in middle ground, right, Brookline, Mass., Nov. 26, 1898 , waterworks, aqueducts, roadways

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, 48-inch pipe, Longwood Avenue, west of Marshall Street, Brookline, Mass., Oct. 8, 1908 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Wachusett Reservoir, Shrewsbury Road, Section 1, east of station 84, West Boylston, Mass., Oct. 15, 1900 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Contract No. 80, High Level Distribution Reservoir, Weston, looking southeast from Sta. 80+/-, dam 4, along Glen Road showing uncompleted fence, high level distribution reservoir, Weston, Mass., Aug. 12, 1940

Distribution Department, Southern High Service Pipe Line, Section 19, station 7, Reservoir Lane; Webber's Waste Weir (Cochituate Aqueduct), in middle ground, right, Brookline, Mass., Nov. 26, 1898 , waterworks, aqueducts, roadways

Contract No. 82, Constructing Quabbin Hill Road, Ware, looking back from Sta. 208 at dike road intersection, Ware, Mass., Apr. 12, 1939

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, looking down Walnut Avenue, camera located 35 feet from intersection with Armington Lane, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Oct. 10, 1940

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, 48-inch pipe, Longwood Avenue, west of Marshall Street, Brookline, Mass., Oct. 8, 1908 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Distribution Department, Southern High Service Pipe Lines, Section 47, looking north from station 21+50, Lake Street, Brighton, Mass., Jul. 3, 1918 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Distribution Department, Southern High Service Pipe Lines, Section 43, laying 24-inch main, Adams Street at Hutchinson Street, general view looking north, Milton, Mass., May 7, 1915 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, streetscapes

Distribution Department, Chestnut Hill High Service Pumping Station, grading near pumping station, Brighton, Mass., May 25, 1899 , waterworks, pumping stations, construction sites

Moose Brook, flooded meadows about 1/2 mile above mouth, drainage area - 10 square miles, flow - 194 cubic feet per second - 19.4 cubic feet per second per square mile, Hardwick, Mass., 4:15 PM, Sep. 17, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, brooks, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, surface water drains, trench excavation north from station 10+50, Stoneham, Mass., Oct. 11, 1915 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Wachusett Reservoir, road between South Main Street and South Meadow Road, west from station 5+00, Section 4, Clinton, Mass., Sep. 10, 1898 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites, roads

Wachusett Reservoir, Road Contract No. 269, fill northwest of station 149, West Boylston, Mass., Sep. 9, 1903 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Contract No. 130, Grading, Loaming, and Grassing Vicinity of Shaft 4, Pressure Aqueduct, Southborough, and Improvement of Access Roads to the Intake Works and at Norumbega Reservoir, Marlborough, Southborough, Weston, view showing graded area between building and channel, headhouse at Shaft 4, Southborough, Mass., May 15, 1941

Contract No. 70, WPA Sewer Construction, Rutland, Maple Avenue, looking northerly from opposite Sta. 6+50, Rutland Sewer Line, Rutland, Mass., May 9, 1940

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, surface water drains, trench excavation north from station 10+50, Stoneham, Mass., Oct. 11, 1915 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Distribution Department, Southern High Service Pipe Line, Section 25, station 243+00, Common Street, Watertown, Mass., Aug. 20, 1898 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Distribution Department, Chestnut Hill Reservoir, work on English Elm trees along Beacon Street, looking towards Chestnut Hill Pumping Stations Brighton, Mass., Nov. 1920-1921 , waterworks, trees

Distribution Department, Southern High Service Pipe Line, Section 19, Reservoir Lane, station 7, Charles F. Webber's house and land, from the southwest, Brookline, Mass., May 2, 1898 , waterworks, aqueducts, roadways

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, Woodland Road, looking southerly from manhole 20B, Holden Sewer Line, Holden, Mass., May 9, 1940

Distribution Department, Southern High Service Pipe Lines, Section 47, Lake Street, 500 feet southwest of Kenrick Street, Brighton, Mass., Jun. 24, 1918 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Sudbury Department, improvement of Lake Cochituate, excavating trench with cableway, Pond Street, near Natick-Wayland boundary line, Wayland, Mass., Sep. 22, 1910 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, watershed sanitary improvement

Contract No. 130, Grading, Loaming, and Grassing Vicinity of Shaft 4, Pressure Aqueduct, Southborough, and Improvement of Access Roads to the Intake Works and at Norumbega Reservoir, Marlborough, Southborough, Weston, looking westerly from Sta. 77+50 showing road, grading operations on access road, Section 1, Southborough, Mass., May 6, 1941

Distribution Department, supply pipe lines, Section 4, work completed, looking southeasterly (compare with No. 4773); golf course, hole No. 7 in foreground, Newton, Mass., May 14, 1903 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, golf courses

Distribution Department, Chestnut Hill Reservoir, resurfacing driveway between basins with tarvia macadam; Chestnut Hill Reservoir, Intermediate Gatehouse in background, center, Brighton, Mass., Jul. 14, 1916 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, roadways

Distribution Department, Northern Extra High Service Pipe Lines, 12-inch pipe line, drilling rock in Park Avenue, Arlington, Mass., Sep. 1, 1909 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Distribution Department, Southern High Service Pipe Line, Section 19, station 18, Reservoir Lane, Brookline, Mass., Nov. 26, 1898 , waterworks, aqueducts, roadways

Contract No. 82, Constructing Quabbin Hill Road, Ware, looking ahead from Sta. 188+50, Ware, Mass., Apr. 12, 1939

Sudbury Department, Framingham Reservoir No. 3, shore improvement and cut, Framingham, Mass., Dec. 13, 1907 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Distribution Department, Chestnut Hill Reservoir, resurfacing driveway between basins with tarvia macadam; Chestnut Hill Reservoir, Intermediate Gatehouse in background, center, Brighton, Mass., Jul. 14, 1916 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, roadways

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, Bascom Parkway from intersection with Highland Street, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Feb. 26, 1941

Contract No. 80, High Level Distribution Reservoir, Weston, looking east from Sta. 3+80, dam 3 to dam 4 Access Road, showing equipment in yard, high level distribution reservoir, Weston, Mass., May 29, 1940

Contract No. 118, Miscellaneous Construction at Winsor Dam and Quabbin Dike, Belchertown, Ware, stone posts at entrance of Winsor Dam east access road, looking northwest, Ware, Mass., Aug. 9, 1945

Completed Telephone Line. 1931 - 1945. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Turtle Mountain Agency. 7/1/1910-9/17/1947. Photographs

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, view from junction of Pond Street and Woodland Road, Stoneham, Mass., May 28, 1900 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Distribution Department, Southern Extra High Service Bellevue Reservoir, looking south, easterly portion of reservoir site, Bellevue Hill, West Roxbury, Mass., Aug. 4, 1914 , waterworks, water towers, construction sites, surveying instruments, pre-construction site

Contract No. 70, WPA Sewer Construction, Rutland, Edson Avenue from manhole 4A, Rutland Sewer, Rutland, Mass., Jul. 23, 1940

Control below Ware River Intake Works, tape gage - 5.97, flow - 662 cubic feet per second, Barre, Mass., 9:30 AM, Oct. 20, 1932 : Parcel no. 123-4 , waterworks, engineering, floods natural events

Contract No. 130, Grading, Loaming, and Grassing Vicinity of Shaft 4, Pressure Aqueduct, Southborough, and Improvement of Access Roads to the Intake Works and at Norumbega Reservoir, Marlborough, Southborough, Weston, looking westerly from Station 36+00 showing road grading on access road, Section 1, Marlborough, Mass., May 6, 1941

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

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, looking westerly on Phillips Road from manhole 16-B, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., May 28, 1940

Distribution Department, Weston Reservoir, Foreman's house (formerly Marshall L. Upham's house; see No. 4151), Weston, Mass., Aug. 12, 1915 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Wachusett Reservoir, Road Contract No. 269, east of station 139, West Boylston, Mass., Sep. 9, 1903 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Distribution Department, Weston Reservoir, Foreman's house (formerly Marshall L. Upham's house; see No. 4151), Weston, Mass., Aug. 12, 1915 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Contract No. 70, WPA Sewer Construction, Rutland, looking back from manhole 3A, Rutland Sewer, Rutland, Mass., Jul. 23, 1940

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, Woodland Road, looking easterly from Highland Street, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., May 9, 1940

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, looking ahead from manhole 2-A, Laurelwood Road Connection, Holden Sewer Line, Holden, Mass., Jul. 9, 1940

Distribution Department, Southern High Service Pipe Line, Section 19, station 29+00, Boylston Street, Brookline, Mass., Sep. 8, 1898 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Distribution Department, Southern High Service Pipe Line, Section 19, station 15, Reservoir Lane, Brookline, Mass., Nov. 26, 1898 , waterworks, aqueducts, roadways

Distribution Department, supply pipe lines, Section 3, Colby Street, Newton, Mass., May 15, 1903 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Contract No. 82, Constructing Quabbin Hill Road, Ware, looking ahead from Sta. 151+00, Ware, Mass., Jun. 18, 1940

Wachusett Reservoir, Shrewsbury Road, Section 1, west of station 117, Boylston, Mass., Aug. 9, 1900 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites, roads

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, Woodland Road, looking northerly from Sta. 40+00, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Dec. 28, 1939

Distribution Department, Weston Aqueduct Supply Mains, Section 5, Commonwealth Avenue near Prince Street, west from station 144+76, Newton, Mass., May 3, 1915 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, streetscapes

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Construction improvement roads. Road Sellingen joking houses. undated. Groningen, Jipsinghuizen, Sellingen, Vlagtwedde

Wachusett Reservoir, Shrewsbury Road, Section 1, west of station 90, West Boylston, Mass., Aug. 9, 1900 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites, steamrollers

Contract No. 70, WPA Sewer Construction, Rutland, looking back at manhole 9C from Sta. 39+10, Rutland Sewer Line, Rutland, Mass., Jun. 21, 1940

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, looking back from manhole 2A-3, Laurelwood Road Connection, Holden Sewer Line, Holden, Mass., Jul. 9, 1940

Contract No. 70, WPA Sewer Construction, Rutland, looking up Phillips Road from manhole 7B, Rutland Sewer Line, Rutland, Mass., Jul. 9, 1940

Distribution Department, Chestnut Hill Low Service Pumping Station, view from reservoir embankment, Brighton, Mass., Dec. 23, 1898 , waterworks, pumping stations, construction sites

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, looking northerly on Holt Road from manhole 6B-2-1, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Mar. 26, 1940

Wachusett Reservoir, Shrewsbury Road, Section 1, east of station 110, West Boylston, Mass., Oct. 15, 1900 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Distribution Department, supply pipe lines, Section 4, work completed, looking southeasterly (compare with No. 4774); golf course, hole No. 7 in foreground, Newton, Mass., May 14, 1903 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, golf courses

Distribution Department, Chestnut Hill Reservoir, work on English Elm trees along Beacon Street; vicinity of Chestnut Hill Pumping Stations, Brighton, Mass., Nov. 1920-1921 , waterworks, trees

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Construction and improvement of roads, dikes and savings baskets, overviews, lower layers, hot gravel sanda falt. April 1960

Contract No. 118, Miscellaneous Construction at Winsor Dam and Quabbin Dike, Belchertown, Ware, view at entrance to east access road showing subgrading and ditch excavation, Ware, Mass., Aug. 27, 1945

Distribution Department, supply pipe lines, Section 2, Commonwealth Avenue, near Norumbega Park, before work was commenced, Newton, Mass., Jun. 27, 1902 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Construction and improvement of roads, dikes and savings baskets, sandyways. undated. Enschede

Sudbury Department, improvement of Lake Cochituate, Boston & Worcester Turnpike at northerly end of south basin, Natick, Mass., Oct. 26, 1906 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, watershed sanitary improvement

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, devastation by moths at Spot Pond Brook near Wyoming Avenue, Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 15, 1905 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, forestry, moths

Distribution Department, Chestnut Hill Reservoir, resurfacing driveway between basins with tarvia macadam; Chestnut Hill Reservoir, Intermediate Gatehouse in background, center, Brighton, Mass., Jul. 14, 1916 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, roadways

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, pipe bridge and retaining wall, Webster Avenue, before raising grade, Somerville, Mass., Apr. 29, 1911 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Wachusett Department, Wachusett-Sudbury power transmission line, 50-foot pull-off pole, crossing and recrossing aqueduct at sharp curve, Wachusett Aqueduct, embankment section, Berlin, Mass., Aug. 1, 1918 , waterworks, power lines, aqueducts, construction completed

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, devastation by moths on land of Metropolitan Park Commission, opposite Langwood Hotel, Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 15, 1905 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, forestry, moths

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, Main Street, looking back from manhole 6B4-32, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Feb. 26, 1941

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, westerly shore south of Hub Hill looking northeasterly, Stoneham, Mass., Dec. 15, 1904 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, forestry

Contract No. 82, Constructing Quabbin Hill Road, Ware, looking ahead from Sta. 160+50, Ware, Mass., Jun. 18, 1940

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, looking northerly on Woodland Road from Sta. 36+25, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Jan. 31, 1940

Distribution Department, Weston Aqueduct Supply Mains, break in 48-inch main at rear of No. 1874 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton, Mass., Nov. 6, 1915 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Contract No. 106, Improvement of Access Roads, Middle and East Branch Regulating Dams, and Quabbin Reservoir Area, Hardwick, Petersham, New Salem, Belchertown, looking ahead from entrance of East Branch access road, Belchertown, Mass., Sep. 19, 1940

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