Historic Construction Sites in Massachusetts

Black-and-white images showcasing various construction projects in Massachusetts during the 1930s and 1940s, featuring landscapes, equipment, and workers at different sites.

Contract No. 80, High Level Distribution Reservoir, Weston, looking south showing uncompleted fence adjacent to the Charles H. Jones property, high level distribution reservoir, Weston, Mass., Aug. 12, 1940

Views of Dane Property, Chestnut Hill Site, Newton Cemetery Site, Boston College Site, looking northeasterly, Dane property, east of reservoir lane, Chestnut Hill, Brookline, Mass., Mar. 27, 1941

Contract No. 108, Utility Wharves, Quabbin Reservoir, Ware, looking northerly at entrance to utility wharf, Ware, Mass., Oct. 3, 1940

Contract No. 60, Access Roads to Shaft 12, Quabbin Aqueduct, Hardwick and Greenwich, looking ahead from Sta. 18+75, Greenwich and Hardwick, Mass., Jul. 7, 1938

Contract No. 61, Clearing West Branch, Quabbin Reservoir, Belchertown, Pelham, Shutesbury, New Salem, Ware (including in areas of former towns of Enfield and Prescott), Oshkosh tractor dragging tree to fire, Enfield, Mass., Feb. 27, 1939

Contract No. 99, Enlargement of Fells High Level Distribution Reservoir, Stoneham, Malden, Melrose, exposed core wall, open channel site, basin 1 to basin 2, looking west, enlargement of Fells Reservoir, Stoneham, Mass., Sep. 13, 1940

Barre Wool Combing Co., pool at lagoon outlet, Barre, Mass., 10:30 AM, Jun. 1, 1935 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions

Contract No. 93, Completion of East Branch Baffle, Petersham (formerly in the Town of Greenwich), and Hardwick, looking westerly from road north of east branch baffle, Hardwick, Mass., Nov. 13, 1939

Contract No. 60, Access Roads to Shaft 12, Quabbin Aqueduct, Hardwick and Greenwich, looking ahead (east) from Sta. 51+65, Greenwich and Hardwick, Mass., Apr. 5, 1938

Contract No. 70, WPA Sewer Construction, Rutland, 'C' line, looking back from Sta. 9+75 towards manhole 2C, Rutland Sewer, Rutland, Mass., Jan. 9, 1941

Meadow below George W. Wheelwright Paper Co. looking west, drainage area - 130 square miles, flow - 1570 cubic feet per second - 12.1 cubic feet per second per square mile, 1:20 PM, Hardwick, Mass., Apr. 17, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events

Barre Wool Combing Co., pool at lagoon outlet, Barre, Mass., 9:45 AM, Jun. 3, 1935 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions

Barre Wool Combing Co., pool at lagoon outlet, Barre, Mass., 9:55 AM, May 28, 1935 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions

Guy L. Marvell, general view looking northerly, Dana, Mass., Sep. 11, 1939 : Parcel no. 433-43 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, general views

Mr. Taylor and wage laborer slide the tobacco to barn from the field, about quarter of a mile. Granville County, North Carolina. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. North Carolina , Granville County, Tobacco farms

Road Construction near the Day School. 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

Oglala Dam Project. 1923 - 1955.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Contract No. 99, Enlargement of Fells High Level Distribution Reservoir, Stoneham, Malden, Melrose, looking southwest showing gunnited ledge left of Sta. 8+00, enlargement of Fells Reservoir, Stoneham, Mass., Sep. 13, 1940

Inspection group at shaft 11A, Quabbin Reservoir, Mass., Apr. 3, 1940 : Parcel no. 352-- , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering, milestone event

Contract No. 82, Constructing Quabbin Hill Road, Ware, looking ahead from Sta. 140+25, Ware, Mass., Apr. 25, 1939

William R. Carrick, east side of Monson Turnpike, cleared by Hannifin spring of 1933, Greenwich, Mass., Sep. 8, 1933 : Parcel no. 410-16, William R. Carrick , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, Clearing of land

Barre Wool Combing Co., tailrace gage #3, powder mill dam, Barre, Mass., Jun. 8, 1928 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions

Contract No. 66, Regulating Dams, Middle Branch (New Salem), and East Branch of the Swift River, Hardwick and Petersham (formerly Dana), forms for draw off pipe, dam 4, middle branch regulating dams, Hardwick, Mass., Sep. 12, 1939

Contract No. 82, Constructing Quabbin Hill Road, Ware, looking ahead from Sta. 77+75, Ware, Mass., Jun. 14, 1940

Contract No. 66, Regulating Dams, Middle Branch (New Salem), and East Branch of the Swift River, Hardwick and Petersham (formerly Dana), looking ahead from Sta. 25+00, middle branch regulating dams, Hardwick, Mass., Sep. 12, 1939

Contract No. 108, Utility Wharves, Quabbin Reservoir, Ware, placing riprap, looking westerly at turning space, Ware, Mass., Oct. 25, 1940

Contract No. 66, Regulating Dams, Middle Branch (New Salem), and East Branch of the Swift River, Hardwick and Petersham (formerly Dana), upstream face of dam 4, middle branch regulating dams, Hardwick, Mass., Sep. 12, 1939

Upstream side of spillway of Bondsville lower dam, Boston Duck Co., Bondsville, Palmer, Mass., Oct. 14, 1939 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, factories structures, dams hydraulic structures

Contract No. 80, High Level Distribution Reservoir, Weston, looking east showing grading and drainage operations on driveway to Thornton house, high level distribution reservoir, Weston, Mass., May 29, 1940

Contract No. 70, WPA Sewer Construction, Rutland, looking back from near Sta. 11+65, Rutland Sewer, Rutland, Mass., Jun. 6, 1940

Skälkullabanken, on the line Järna-Norrköping. On the line between operating site Sjösala and Nyköping.

Cleaning Up Old Fire Lane. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Landslides. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Contract No. 80, High Level Distribution Reservoir, Weston, looking west showing Thornton Drive, high level distribution reservoir, Weston, Mass., Jul. 23, 1940

Contract No. 70, WPA Sewer Construction, Rutland, looking ahead from Sta. 21+75, Rutland Sewer, Rutland, Mass., Aug. 6, 1940

Contract No. 80, High Level Distribution Reservoir, Weston, photo no. 3 of panoramic view looking south from point 'A', high level distribution reservoir, Weston, Mass., Oct. 24, 1939

Elsevier photo collection. Nowadays, Dutch government additional 55 million guilders help cities villages employment. days representatives newspapers opportunity happened Limburg. Canalization Spandau Beek. hindered amounts supervisory sand. July 1939. Limburg

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, looking ahead from manhole 6B4-16, intersection of Phillips Road and Highland Street, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Jul. 22, 1941

Contract No. 19, Dam and Substructure of Ware River Intake Works at Shaft 8, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, Barre, Shaft 8 from Boston and Albany Railroad tracks, Barre, Mass., Aug. 2, 1929

Barre Wool Combing Co. Ltd., showing where lagoon overflowed dike, Barre, Mass., Jan. 4, 1935 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, looking northerly on Maple Street from Main Street, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Mar. 26, 1940

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, looking northeasterly on Highland Street from Armington Lane, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., May 28, 1940

Contract No. 99, Enlargement of Fells High Level Distribution Reservoir, Stoneham, Malden, Melrose, looking east from Sta. 8+10+/- showing fill at dam 8, enlargement of Fells Reservoir, Stoneham, Mass., Jun. 8, 1940

West Ware dam site, Boston Duck Co., Bondsville, Palmer, Mass., Jan. 4, 1940 : Swift River , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, factories structures, dams hydraulic structures

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, looking toward Southern Gatehouse, Stoneham, Mass., Dec. 9, 1904 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, swamps, forestry

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, looking ahead from manhole 4A-3, Holden Sewer Line, Holden, Mass., Jun. 21, 1940

Contract No. 80, High Level Distribution Reservoir, Weston, looking west from Sta. 894+20 showing drainage provisions for future aqueduct connection, high level distribution reservoir, Weston, Mass., Nov. 6, 1940

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, Highland Street, looking back from manhole 24B, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Sep. 5, 1940

Contract No. 80, High Level Distribution Reservoir, Weston, 30 feet east of Sta. 52+50 looking northwest showing dam 2, high level distribution reservoir, Weston, Mass., Jan. 5, 1940

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

Guy L. Marvell, brook, Dana, Mass., Sep. 11, 1939 : Parcel no. 413-30 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, brooks

Track workers with gravel trains at Torhult. Road gate.

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

Swift River Trout Pond Company Inc., downstream side of dam, looking northeasterly, Cooleyville, New Salem, Mass., Dec. 7, 1931 : Parcel no. 487-9, now Edith A. Murdock , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, dams hydraulic structures

Alfred H. Frost, chicken house, Pelham, Mass., Dec. 10, 1938 : Parcel no. 367-5, Alfred H. and Charles F. Frost , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures, chicken houses

Contract No. 70, WPA Sewer Construction, Rutland, Maple Avenue, looking back from Sta. 25+00, Rutland Sewer, Rutland, Mass., Aug. 21, 1940

Contract No. 82, Constructing Quabbin Hill Road, Ware, looking ahead from Sta. 114+75, Ware, Mass., Jun. 14, 1940

Construction Progress at Ammunition Depot, Annex, Hingham, Massachusetts. 1939 - 1947.

Distribution Department, Weston Aqueduct Supply Mains, Section 7, Francis Pettee's land, Newton, Mass., May 26, 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Contract No. 82, Constructing Quabbin Hill Road, Ware, looking back from Sta. 199+50, gravel sub base, Ware, Mass., Jul. 21, 1939

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, looking up south Main Street from opposite Laurelwood Road, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Aug. 6, 1940

Fool Bear Creek Bridge Construction Project 181-9 from Salvaged Material. 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. 44, Extension of Belchertown-Pelham Highway, New Salem, Orange, culvert on middle branch of Swift River, Sta. 1045+50, New Salem, Mass., Jul. 13, 1934

Trail Under Construction. 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

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

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, westerly shore of Deer Hill (compare with No. 5813), Stoneham, Mass., Feb. 10, 1905 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, forestry

12 Mile Brook, Collins Manufacturing Co. dam, washed out, Wilbraham, Mass., 1:30 PM, Oct. 1, 1938 , New England Hurricane, 1938, waterworks, real estate, brooks, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, looking down Bancroft Road from manhole 9B, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Sep. 17, 1940

Contract No. 106, Improvement of Access Roads, Middle and East Branch Regulating Dams, and Quabbin Reservoir Area, Hardwick, Petersham, New Salem, Belchertown, first application of tar near Sta. 36, access road to Middle Branch Regulating Dam, Belchertown, Mass., Jun. 28, 1940

Sudbury Department, Hopkinton Reservoir, looking north, showing upstream slope, Ashland; Hopkinton, Mass., 1893 , waterworks, dams, construction sites

Construction Progress at Hingham Ammunition depot-annex , Magazines Military buildings, Naval Ammunition Depot. Photographs of the First Naval District

Contract No. 44, Extension of Belchertown-Pelham Highway, New Salem, Orange, underfill blast at Sta. 1040+50, New Salem, Mass., Mar. 14, 1934

Contract No. 80, High Level Distribution Reservoir, Weston, looking southeast from Sta. 27+70 dam 1 showing spoil area east of dam 1, high level distribution reservoir, Weston, Mass., Jan. 5, 1940

Contract No. 82, Constructing Quabbin Hill Road, Ware, looking ahead from Sta. 177+50, Ware, Mass., Apr. 12, 1939

Contract No. 82, Constructing Quabbin Hill Road, Ware, looking back from Sta. 158+00, Ware, Mass., Jun. 18, 1940

Contract No. 56, Administration Buildings, Main Dam, Belchertown, hangar roof slab, looking easterly, Belchertown, Mass., May 12, 1938

undefined. 1931 - 1963. NARA's Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Fish and Wildlife Service. Minneapolis Regional Office. 1940-1970. Annual Reports

Pole line, looking south towards Station D from south side of main river channel, Boston Duck Co., Bondsville, Palmer, Mass., Dec. 21, 1939 , New England Hurricane, 1938, waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, factories structures, utility poles, damage condition

Grading the Central Pacific Railroad, Sailors Spur and Fill, 12 miles above Alta - Placer County.. Lawrence & Houseworth

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, Maple Street, looking ahead from Sta. 3+75, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Jul. 22, 1941

Contract No. 82, Constructing Quabbin Hill Road, Ware, looking back from Sta. 199+50, Ware, Mass., Jun. 19, 1940

Contract No. 29, Grading Grounds in Vicinity of Wachusett Outlet Building, progress panorama, grading grounds at Shaft 1, West Boylston, Mass., Aug. 31, 1931

Clinton Sewerage, filter-beds, Section 1, Lancaster, Mass., May 17, 1899 , waterworks, sewage treatment, filter beds, watershed sanitary improvement

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

Contract No. 70, WPA Sewer Construction, Rutland, line 'A', Main Street, looking back from manhole 1C, Rutland Sewer, Rutland, Mass., May 23, 1941

Eugenie Marshall, field, west of house, New Salem, Mass., Oct. 28, 1935 : Parcel no. 610-- , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, fields land

Flowing Spring Developed for Leander Gourneau. 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

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

Constructing culvert under highway at Grist Mill Pond, Oakham, Mass., Nov. 10, 1930 : Labor done under Force Account , waterworks, construction sites, culverts

Truck Trail Construction. 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

Contract No. 82, Constructing Quabbin Hill Road, Ware, looking back from Sta. 13+25 on parking circle road, Ware, Mass., Aug. 29, 1939

Contract No. 21, Portion of Ware-Belchertown Highway, Ware and Belchertown, excavation on new highway, Sta. 221+00, looking west, Ware and Belchertown, Mass., Dec. 1, 1931

Swift River - gravel fill at Edson's Bridge, flood photo, Greenwich Plains, Greenwich, Mass., Mar. 20, 1936 : Parcel no. 310-- , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, road bridges, floods natural events

Contract No. 25,Superstructure, Wachusett Outlet Works Building, Shaft 1, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, West Boylston, Outlet Building and channel, Shaft 1, West Boylston, Mass., Nov. 27, 1931

Knightsville Dam, looking westerly in Borrow Pit 'C,' Quabbin Reservoir, Mass., Apr. 24, 1941 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering, borrow soil

Guy L. Marvell, barn under construction, Dana, Mass., June 12, 1930 : Parcel no. 413-30 henhouses, parcel no. 433-43 barn under construction, Guy L. Marvell , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures, barns, chicken houses

Contract No. 66, Regulating Dams, Middle Branch (New Salem), and East Branch of the Swift River, Hardwick and Petersham (formerly Dana), looking easterly at dam 3, middle branch regulating dams, Hardwick, Mass., Oct. 9, 1939

Contract No. 51, East Branch Baffle, Site of Quabbin Reservoir, Greenwich, Hardwick, looking easterly at south quarry, Hardwick, Mass., Apr. 21, 1937

Eugenie Marshall, field, west of house, New Salem, Mass., Oct. 28, 1935 : Parcel no. 610-- , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, fields land

Fish Hatcheries - Pennsylvania. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Contract No. 14, East Portion, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, West Boylston, Holden, Rutland, south bank of outlet at Shaft 1, West Boylston, Mass., Nov. 3, 1930

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