Historic Road Construction Photographs

Black and white photographs of road construction projects in Massachusetts, capturing early 20th-century infrastructure developments.

Swift River Trout Pond Company Inc., upstream side of dam, looking westerly, 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

Contract No. 21, Portion of Ware-Belchertown Highway, Ware and Belchertown, land of John and Anna Parker, Plan No. S-6 Ware, Mass., Jul. 27, 1931 : Parcel No. 58

Contract No. 99, Enlargement of Fells High Level Distribution Reservoir, Stoneham, Malden, Melrose, looking north along high service road showing its intersection with dam 10, sign on center line, enlargement of Fells Reservoir, Stoneham, Mass., Feb. 12, 1940

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 Sta. 4+00, Blue Meadow Road, Belchertown, Mass., Jun. 28, 1940

Contract No. 70, WPA Sewer Construction, Rutland, 'C' line, looking ahead from manhole 2C, Rutland Sewer, Rutland, Mass., Dec. 19, 1940

Contract No. 106, Improvement of Access Roads, Middle and East Branch Regulating Dams, and Quabbin Reservoir Area, Hardwick, Petersham, New Salem, Belchertown, looking southerly from Shaft 11A access road, access road to East Branch Regulating Dam, Belchertown, Mass., Jun. 5, 1940

Signs - New Hampshire. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Swift River Trout Pond Company Inc., upstream side of dam, looking westerly, 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

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 Sta. 33+00, Blue Meadow Road, Belchertown, Mass., Jun. 14, 1940

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 Sta. 144+00, access road to East Branch Regulating Dam, Belchertown, Mass., May 21, 1940

Contract No. 106, Improvement of Access Roads, Middle and East Branch Regulating Dams, and Quabbin Reservoir Area, Hardwick, Petersham, New Salem, Belchertown, looking back from Sta. 33+00, Blue Meadow Road, Belchertown, Mass., Sep. 19, 1945

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 Sta. 185+85, access road to East Branch Regulating Dam, Belchertown, Mass., May 21, 1940

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

Duggan and Maher, looking easterly from near proposed lot #219, Greenwich, Mass., Apr. 12, 1937 : Parcel no. 370-7, Thomas F. Maher and John J. Duggan , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, woods

Contract No. 44, Extension of Belchertown-Pelham Highway, New Salem, Orange, looking ahead from Sta. 1040+00 showing blasting of mat in old pond area, New Salem, Mass., Jan. 20, 1934

Sign: "Buy now! A well built home with a garden and lake privileges you can do it come in, let us explain do it now." New Jersey.. Photographs. 1936-02. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Arvo and Emma Heino, henhouses, Hubbardston, Mass., Aug. 31, 1937 : Not acquired, outside surveyed area, no parcel number, 245- , waterworks, real estate, residential structures, chicken houses, barns

Prince River, opposite Trefilio property, drainage area - 12.9 square miles, flow - 140 cubic feet per second - 10.8 cubic feet per second per square mile, Worcester County, Mass., 11:15 AM, Apr. 13, 1934 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events

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 Sta. 185+85, East Branch access road, Belchertown, Mass., Sep. 19, 1940

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 Sta. 114+00, access road to East Branch Regulating Dam, Belchertown, Mass., Jun. 5, 1940

Adam Szymanski, garden, Ware, Mass., Aug. 26, 1932 : Parcel no. 208-23, Adam Szymanski , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, gardens open spaces

William E. Hatstat, homeplace, New Salem, Mass., June 6, 1934 : Parcel no. 530-5, William E. Hatstat , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures

Contract No. 14, East Portion, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, West Boylston, Holden, Rutland, spoil bank, Shaft 4, Rutland, Mass., Sep. 30, 1929

Contract No. 21, Portion of Ware-Belchertown Highway, Ware and Belchertown, land of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, formerly of Lena A. Cressman, Plan No. S-4, Belchertown, Mass., Jul. 22, 1931 : Parcel No. 30

Contract No. 106, Improvement of Access Roads, Middle and East Branch Regulating Dams, and Quabbin Reservoir Area, Hardwick, Petersham, New Salem, Belchertown, looking ahead towards Sta. 152+00, access road to East Branch Regulating Dam, Belchertown, Mass., Sep. 19, 1945

Wesley J. Officer, camp, Swift River East Branch, Greenwich, Mass., May 1, 1930 : Parcel no. 310-30, Wesley J. Officer , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures, summer houses seasonal dwellings, automobiles

Road washout caused by storm June 15, 1945, Atkinson Hollow, Prescott Road, looking southerly, New Salem (formerly Prescott), Mass., July 3, 1945 : Real estate sheet #408 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, roads, erosion

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 Sta. 184+50, access road to East Branch Regulating Dam, Belchertown, Mass., Jun. 27, 1940

Contract No. 43, Extension of Belchertown-Pelham Highway to New Salem Center, Shutesbury, New Salem (Franklin County), New Salem Center, ditch through swamp westerly of John Marshall property, from new highway, New Salem, Mass., Mar. 19, 1935

Sign: "Buy now! A well built home with a garden and lake privileges you can do it come in, let us explain do it now." New Jersey.. Photographs. 1936-02. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

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 Sta. 159+50, access road to East Branch Regulating Dam, Belchertown, Mass., Jun. 27, 1940

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 Sta. 151+50, access road to East Branch Regulating Dam, Belchertown, Mass., Jun. 5, 1940

General view, Richardson Cemetery, Dana, Mass., Apr. 24, 1939 : Indexed on Acc. 857, Map of Cemetery Locations , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, cemeteries

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, formerly Harry L. Ryther property, looking easterly, Ware (formerly Enfield), Mass., Apr. 6, 1946 : Parcel no. 229-15 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures

Contract No. 61, Clearing West Branch, Quabbin Reservoir, Belchertown, Pelham, Shutesbury, New Salem, Ware (including in areas of former towns of Enfield and Prescott), looking northwesterly at Enfield from rear of Enfield Office, Enfield, Mass., Feb. 27, 1939

Melvin G. Gilbert, garage, Quabbin Lake, Greenwich, Mass., June 12, 1928 : Parcel no. 350-25, Melvin G. Gilbert , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures, garages

Contract No. 82, Constructing Quabbin Hill Road, Ware, panorama from summit of Quabbin Hill, compass bearing north 10 degrees east, Ware, Mass., May 10, 1940

Contract No. 106, Improvement of Access Roads, Middle and East Branch Regulating Dams, and Quabbin Reservoir Area, Hardwick, Petersham, New Salem, Belchertown, looking ahead on access road to East Branch Dam from end of pavement on Shaft 12 access road, Belchertown, Mass., Sep. 19, 1945

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 Sta. 166+75, East Branch access road, Belchertown, Mass., Sep. 19, 1940

Ware River, near mouth of Moose Brook at Old Furnace, looking west, drainage area - 147 square miles, flow - 1620 cubic feet per second - 110 cubic feet per second per square mile, Hardwick, Mass., 9:55 AM, Sep. 18, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, formerly Edward M. Hunter et al., looking northwesterly, Pelham, Mass., Apr. 11, 1947 : Parcel no. 366-19 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, fire stations

Contract No. 99, Enlargement of Fells High Level Distribution Reservoir, Stoneham, Malden, Melrose, looking northeast from Sta. 5+00 showing Access Road, enlargement of Fells Reservoir, Stoneham, Mass., Sep. 13, 1940

Contract No. 106, Improvement of Access Roads, Middle and East Branch Regulating Dams, and Quabbin Reservoir Area, Hardwick, Petersham, New Salem, Belchertown, looking back from Sta. 41+50, Blue Meadow Road, Belchertown, Mass., Jun. 14, 1940

Watering trough and well near Jackson's Brook, Hardwick, Mass., Aug. 7, 1935 : Robert Jackson , waterworks, real estate, brooks, watershed sanitary conditions

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

Waine C. and Hilda A. Niskala, henhouses, Hubbardston, Mass., Mar. 31, 1941 : Purchased Mar. 1, 1945, Parcel no. 205-19 , waterworks, real estate, residential structures, chicken houses

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, formerly Edward M. Hunter et al., looking northwesterly, Pelham, Mass., Apr. 11, 1947 : Parcel no. 366-19 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, fire stations

Road washout caused by storm June 15, 1945, Egypt Hill Road, looking northwesterly, New Salem (formerly Prescott), Mass., July 3, 1945 : Real estate sheet #389 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, roads, erosion

Earl H. Berry, garage, New Salem, Mass., Jan. 16, 1933 : Parcel no. 488-- , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures, garages

Chester J. and Annie G. Houston, shed, Long Pond, Rutland, Mass., May 1, 1944 : Parcel no. 86-29 , waterworks, real estate, residential structures, sheds storage structures

Contract No. 21, Portion of Ware-Belchertown Highway, Ware and Belchertown, Fred and Lucy Bisnette, house, Plan No. S-2, Belchertown, Mass., Jul. 13, 1931 : Parcel No. 11

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 Sta. 198+75, East Branch access road, Belchertown, Mass., Sep. 19, 1940

Contract No. 99, Enlargement of Fells High Level Distribution Reservoir, Stoneham, Malden, Melrose, looking east from Sta. 8+10 20 feet left showing site of dam 8, enlargement of Fells Reservoir, Stoneham, Mass., Apr. 25, 1940

Contract No. 21, Portion of Ware-Belchertown Highway, Ware and Belchertown, land of Charles H. Egleston, Plan No. S-2, Belchertown, Mass., Jul. 22, 1931 : Parcel No. 16

Contract No. 21, Portion of Ware-Belchertown Highway, Ware and Belchertown, land of Fred and Lucy R. Bisnette, Plan No. S-2, Belchertown, Mass., Jul. 22, 1931 : Parcel No. 12

Contract No. 21, Portion of Ware-Belchertown Highway, Ware and Belchertown, public road, Plan No. S-2, Belchertown, Mass., Jul. 22, 1931 : Parcel No. 20

Albert W. Darling, camp, Petersham, Mass., Nov. 26, 1943 : Parcel no. 454-12 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures, summer houses seasonal dwellings

Road washout caused by storm June 15, 1945, Tetzlaff Road, looking southerly, Petersham (formerly Dana), Mass., July 12, 1945 : Real estate sheet #431 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, roads, erosion

Road washout caused by storm June 15, 1945, Pelham Hollow Road, looking westerly, Pelham, Mass., July 2, 1945 : Real estate sheet #367 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, roads, erosion

Joseph W. Truman, homeplace, New Salem, Mass., Oct. 19, 1935 : Parcel no. 487-10 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures

Contract No. 21, Portion of Ware-Belchertown Highway, Ware and Belchertown, land of John and Anna Parker, Plan No. S-6 Ware, Mass., Jul. 27, 1931 : Parcel No. 56

Theodore P. Brown Estate, camp, Hubbardston, Mass., Mar. 7, 1941 : Purchased Jul. 12, 1940, Parcel no. 185-31 , waterworks, real estate, residential structures, summer houses seasonal dwellings

Contract No. 21, Portion of Ware-Belchertown Highway, Ware and Belchertown, land of Anthony and Bertha Turek, Plan No. S-5 Ware, Mass., Jul. 23, 1931 : Parcel No. 54

Contract No. 55, Portion of Petersham-New Salem Highway, Petersham, Franklin County (Worcester County), looking northwesterly on property of Margaret Fiske, from Sta. 389+50, Franklin County, Mass., Jul. 9, 1936

Joseph W. Truman, homeplace, New Salem, Mass., Oct. 19, 1935 : Parcel no. 487-10 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures

George E. Jaques, camp, Hubbardston, Mass., Apr. 27, 1937 : Purchased Apr. 28, 1937, outside surveyed area, no parcel number, 226- , waterworks, real estate, residential structures, summer houses seasonal dwellings, camp furniture

Contract No. 106, Improvement of Access Roads, Middle and East Branch Regulating Dams, and Quabbin Reservoir Area, Hardwick, Petersham, New Salem, Belchertown, looking back from Sta. 151+50, East Branch access road, Belchertown, Mass., Sep. 19, 1940

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 6 from Sta. 27+50, middle branch regulating dam, Hardwick, Mass., Jul. 10, 1939

Fire Protection Sign. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Red Lake Agency. 1964-. Photographs

William C. Jewett, boathouse, Hubbardston, Mass., Apr. 27, 1937 : Parcel no. 266-15 , waterworks, real estate, residential structures, summer houses seasonal dwellings, boathouses

Contract No. 21, Portion of Ware-Belchertown Highway, Ware and Belchertown, public road, Plan No. S-2, Belchertown, Mass., Jul. 22, 1931 : Parcel No. 17

Contract No. 66, Regulating Dams, Middle Branch (New Salem), and East Branch of the Swift River, Hardwick and Petersham (formerly Dana), looking back from Sta. 24+25, middle branch regulating dams, Hardwick, Mass., Sep. 12, 1939

Contract No. 21, Portion of Ware-Belchertown Highway, Ware and Belchertown, land of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, formerly of Lena A. Cressman, Plan No. S-4, Belchertown, Mass., Jul. 22, 1931 : Parcel No. 30

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

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

Perry M. Johnson, henhouse, Hubbardston, Mass., Apr. 20, 1937 : Purchased Aug. 25, 1937, Parcel no. 227-11 , waterworks, real estate, residential structures, chicken houses

Looking southeasterly over sections 18, 20, and 21, showing damage done by hurricane on Sept. 21, 1938, Quabbin Park Cemetery, Ware, Mass., Sept. 23, 1938 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, cemeteries, hurricanes

Contract No. 99, Enlargement of Fells High Level Distribution Reservoir, Stoneham, Malden, Melrose, basin 1, Fells Reservoir looking southeast, enlargement of Fells Reservoir, Stoneham, Mass., Feb. 12, 1940

Fern E. Chapman, looking west at Station 757+60, Barre, Mass., Jan. 5, 1933 : On back, typed: Quabbin Tunnel, Parcel M, Fern E. Chapman, looking west at Station 757+60 , waterworks, aqueducts, real estate, lands general areas

Brown, Brown's Evergreen Cemetery, lot 1, Dana, Mass., Apr. 30, 1937 : James O. Goodman, Q-1233 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, cemeteries

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 Sta. 199+75, East Branch access road, Belchertown, Mass., Sep. 19, 1940

Contract No. 21, Portion of Ware-Belchertown Highway, Ware and Belchertown, Nellie M. Stone et al, chicken house, Plan No. S-2, Belchertown, Mass., Jul. 13, 1931 : Parcel No.7

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 intersection with Hardwick Road, East Branch access road, Belchertown, Mass., Jul. 18, 1940

Contract No. 34, Driveways of New Cemetery Development, Ware, grass plot at entrance to Quabbin Park Cemetery, looking southeasterly, Ware, Mass., Aug. 8, 1932

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 Sta. 193+20, East Branch access road, Belchertown, Mass., Sep. 19, 1940

Contract No. 55, Portion of Petersham-New Salem Highway, Petersham, Franklin County (Worcester County), looking northwesterly from Sta. 399+50 at property of Margaret Fiske, Franklin County, Mass., Jul. 9, 1936

Mailbox. Mississippi 1935. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Fern E. Chapman, looking east at Station 778+00, Barre, Mass., Jan. 5, 1933 : On back, typed: Quabbin Tunnel, Parcel F, Fern E. Chapman, looking east at Station 778+00 , waterworks, aqueducts, real estate, lands general areas

Contract No. 55, Portion of Petersham-New Salem Highway, Petersham, Franklin County (Worcester County), ledge cut, looking easterly from near Sta. 335+, Franklin County, Mass., Jul. 23, 1936

Williams, Pelham Hollow Cemetery, lot 98, Prescott, Mass., ca. 1930-1931 : Unknown, U-1071 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, cemeteries

Harry E. Allen, house, Rutland-Holden Sewer at man hole 4A., Holden, Mass., Jun. 5, 1933 : Purchased Nov. 25, 1933, Typed on back: Rutland-Holden Sewer, Harry E. Allen, Holden, M.H. 126, Station 484+35.96, June 5, 1933 , waterworks, sewers drainage structures, real estate, residential structures

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, formerly Henry J. and Emily C. Sowerby, looking northwesterly, New Salem, Mass., Apr. 3, 1946 : Parcel no. 488-14 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures

Anefo photo collection. Birth princess Margriet (January 19, 1943) Ottawa, Canada. road Civic Hospital, born, renamed Holland Avenue. January 1943. Canada, Ottawa

Waine C. and Hilda A. Niskala, henhouse, Hubbardston, Mass., Nov. 17, 1943 : Purchased Mar. 1, 1945, Parcel no. 205-19 , waterworks, real estate, residential structures, chicken houses

Harry E. Allen, house, Rutland-Holden Sewer at man hole 4A., Holden, Mass., Jun. 5, 1933 : Purchased Nov. 25, 1933, Typed on back: Rutland-Holden Sewer, Harry E. Allen, Holden, M.H. 126, Station 484+35.96, June 5, 1933 , waterworks, sewers drainage structures, real estate, residential structures

Contract No. 21, Portion of Ware-Belchertown Highway, Ware and Belchertown, land of Frederick E. Lincoln, Plan No. S-2, Belchertown, Mass., Jul. 22, 1931 : Parcel No. 25

Fire Prevention Signs. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Red Lake Agency. 1964-. Photographs

Epidemiespital in Kalne, 25.1.1917 .

Bancroft Candy Company, camp, New Salem, Mass., Oct. 31, 1928 : Parcel no. 510-7, Harry A. Bancroft and George J. La Flamme , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures, summer houses seasonal dwellings

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, formerly A.R. Tattersall and F.C. Bellis, filling station, looking easterly, Rutland, Mass., Apr. 10, 1947 : Parcel no. 106-8 , waterworks, real estate, service stations

Red and white pine plantation, planted in spring of 1935, Massachusetts Home Missionary Society property, Prescott, Mass., Nov. 17, 1941 : Parcel no. 368-19 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, forestry

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