Historical Waterworks Construction

Black and white images of early 1900s construction sites for water distribution structures, featuring workers and dig sites.

Distribution Department, Weston Aqueduct Supply Mains, Section 7, spoil bank at easterly end of tunnel; Cochituate Aqueduct, ventilator in background, right, Newton, Mass., Jun. 29, 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, core trench of Dam No. 8, Section 3, south of station 4, Stoneham, Mass., Jun. 26, 1900 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Wachusett Reservoir, embankment west of Catholic Cemetery, Clinton, Mass., May 11, 1900 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Weston Aqueduct, Section 15, ledge excavation, stations 699+ to 701+, Weston, Mass., Jun. 23, 1902 , waterworks, aqueducts, construction sites

Distribution Department, Northern High Service Middlesex Fells Reservoir, site of gate chamber from the north, Stoneham, Mass., Aug. 23, 1898 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Wachusett Reservoir, embankment west of Catholic Cemetery, Clinton, Mass., May 11, 1900 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Weston Aqueduct, Weston Reservoir, Section 2, ledges in southeast corner, Weston, Mass., Dec. 11, 1903 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Distribution Department, Weston Aqueduct Supply Mains, Section 7, spoil bank at easterly end of tunnel; Cochituate Aqueduct, ventilator in background, right, Newton, Mass., Jun. 29, 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, excavating near Bold Point, from the south, Stoneham, Mass., Aug. 14, 1899 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Weston Aqueduct, Weston Reservoir, Section 2, ledges on north shore, Weston, Mass., Dec. 11, 1903 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, part of Section 1, trench from the east, on north side of trench, station 5+50, Brighton, Mass., Dec. 3, 1897 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Sudbury Reservoir, Section J, incline road, from the north, Southborough, Mass., Sep. 25, 1896 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Wachusett Aqueduct, stripping, and Charles F. Choate's road crossing, Section 11, from the east, Southborough, Mass., Mar. 29, 1897 , waterworks, aqueducts, construction sites

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, improvement of west shore of Porter Cove, from the south, Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 15, 1899 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Distribution Department, Weston Aqueduct Supply Mains, Section 7, excavating 60-inch pipe trench, land of the Commonwealth; Cochituate Aqueduct, ventilator in background, center, Newton, Mass., Jun. 15, 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, trench and core wall, Dam No. 4, Section 6, from the east, Stoneham, Mass., Oct. 11, 1899 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Weston Aqueduct, Weston Reservoir, Section 2, ledged in northwest portion, Weston, Mass., Dec. 11, 1903 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Distribution Department, Northern High Service Middlesex Fells Reservoir, site for stone crusher, Stoneham, Mass., Jun. 1898 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Distribution Department, Northern High Service Middlesex Fells Reservoir, site for stone crusher, Stoneham, Mass., Jun. 1898 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Distribution Department, Weston Aqueduct Supply Mains, Section 7, installing plant near Commonwealth Avenue, Newton, Mass., Jun. 8, 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Weston Aqueduct, Weston Reservoir, Section 2, excavation among boulders, square 37, Weston, Mass., Nov. 20, 1903 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Dutch Gap Canal ... November 1864, while Canal was being dug | Library of Congress

Sudbury Reservoir, Section C, riprap at the outlet of the Bagley channel, from the east, Southborough, Mass., May 4, 1897 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, northern side of Basket Cove, Stoneham, Mass., Aug. 17, 1900 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Distribution Department, Northern High Service Middlesex Fells Reservoir, trench for force mains near Dam No. 2, from the south, Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 15, 1899 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Weston Aqueduct, Weston Reservoir, Section 2, shore at point south of island, Weston, Mass., Sep. 25, 1903 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Weston Aqueduct, Weston Reservoir, Section 2, point of rocks, north shore, Weston, Mass., Dec. 11, 1903 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Wachusett Reservoir, North Dike, easterly portion, main cut-off trench, station 40; from the west, Clinton, Mass., May 23, 1899 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Weston Aqueduct, Section 5, concrete gang, near station 218, Framingham, Mass., Aug. 19, 1901 , waterworks, aqueducts, construction sites

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, finished work at Porter Cove, Section 5, from the north, Stoneham, Mass., Oct. 11, 1899 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Weston Aqueduct, Section 9, 7 1/2-foot diameter steel pipe, easterly from station 354; visit by members of New England Water Works Association, Wayland, Mass., Sep. 12, 1902 , waterworks, aqueducts, construction sites

Wachusett Department, Wachusett Watershed, Gates Brook Improvement, east from Electric Avenue down west branch, West Boylston, Mass., Apr. 5, 1916 , waterworks, brooks, drainage, watershed sanitary improvement

Wachusett Reservoir, North Dike, easterly portion, main cut-off trench, station 40; from the west, Clinton, Mass., May 23, 1899 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, finished work at Porter Cove, Section 5, from the north, Stoneham, Mass., Oct. 11, 1899 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Wachusett Reservoir, piling stumps, Section 4, from the west, Clinton, Mass., Aug. 25, 1899 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Wachusett Aqueduct, Little Crane Swamp, drainage ditch, station 7+67, H Line, Northborough, Mass., Mar. 19, 1902 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, swamps, watershed sanitary improvement

Distribution Department, Northern High Service Middlesex Fells Reservoir, slope of west basin after stripping, Stoneham, Mass., Jun. 1898 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Wachusett Reservoir, Quinapoxet River channel during improvement, Oakdale, West Boylston, Mass., Sep. 2, 1905 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, river beds, construction sites

Wachusett Aqueduct, Little Crane Swamp, drainage ditch, station 20, F Line, Northborough, Mass., Mar. 19, 1902 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, swamps, watershed sanitary improvement

Wachusett Reservoir, excavating new river channel at West Boylston crossing, West Boylston, Mass., Sep. 8, 1903 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Distribution Department, Weston Aqueduct Supply Mains, Section 7, westerly end of tunnel, Newton, Mass., Jun. 15, 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, finished work at Porter Cove, Section 5, from the south, Stoneham, Mass., Oct. 11, 1899 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Weston Aqueduct, Section 2, Angelico Brook culvert, Framingham, Mass., Aug. 19, 1901 , waterworks, aqueducts, construction sites, culverts

Wachusett Reservoir, North Dike, easterly portion, stratification on north side of secondary cut-off trench, station 13+50; from the south, Clinton, Mass., Jun. 5, 1899 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Wachusett Reservoir, site of demolished dam in Quinapoxet River, formerly West Boylston Manufacturing Company, Oakdale, West Boylston, Mass., Apr. 8, 1902 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Weston Aqueduct, Weston Reservoir, Section 2, ledges in southeast corner, Weston, Mass., Dec. 11, 1903 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Wachusett Reservoir, relocation Central Massachusetts Railroad, fill northeast of station 192, Clinton, Mass., Mar. 6, 1903 , waterworks, railroads infrastructure, construction sites

Distribution Department, Northern High Service Middlesex Fells Reservoir, slope of west basin after stripping, Stoneham, Mass., Jun. 1898 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Wachusett Dam, excavating at main dam site, looking southerly from small dam, Clinton, Mass., Jul. 25, 1900 , waterworks, dams, construction sites

Sudbury Department, improvement of Lake Cochituate, Open Channel in McIntyre land, Framingham, Mass., Sep. 22, 1910 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, watershed sanitary improvement

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, part of Section 1, trench from the west, at end of excavation, station 10+, Brighton, Mass., Dec. 3, 1897 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Distribution Department, Northern High Service Middlesex Fells Reservoir, Gate Chamber, Stoneham, Mass., May 25, 1899 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Weston Aqueduct, Section 15, ledge excavation, stations 683+50 to 682, Weston, Mass., Jun. 23, 1902 , waterworks, aqueducts, construction sites

Wachusett Reservoir, South Dike, southerly from station 11+75, Boylston; Clinton, Mass., May 2, 1902 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, riprap on north shore of Great Island, Section 5, from the west, Stoneham, Mass., Nov. 29, 1899 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Distribution Department, Northern High Service Middlesex Fells Reservoir, west side of west basin, Stoneham, Mass., May 25, 1899 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Distribution Department, Weston Aqueduct Supply Mains, Section 7, easterly end of tunnel before beginning construction work; Cochituate Aqueduct, ventilator in middle ground, center, Newton, Mass., May 24, 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, 16-inch siphon removed at Chelsea North Bridge, Mystic River; Charlestown; Chelsea, Mass., Nov. 6, 1900 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, north end of core trench, Dam No. 11, Section 2, from the east, Stoneham, Mass., Nov. 22, 1899 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Sudbury Department, improvement of Lake Cochituate, open drains near county road, Natick, Mass., Oct. 10, 1911 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, watershed sanitary improvement

Distribution Department, Weston Aqueduct Supply Mains, Section 7, easterly end of tunnel; Cochituate Aqueduct, ventilator in background, center, Newton, Mass., Jun. 15, 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, riprap on west shore of Great Island, Section 5, from the southeast, Stoneham, Mass., Nov. 29, 1899 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Wachusett Reservoir, relocation of Worcester, Nashua & Portland Division of Boston & Maine Railroad, slope paving north of station 29, Oakdale, West Boylston, Mass., Aug. 26, 1902 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, railroads infrastructure, construction sites

Wachusett Reservoir, Shrewsbury Road, Section 1, east of station 85, West Boylston, Mass., Jul. 10, 1900 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites, roads

Weston Aqueduct, Weston Reservoir, Section 2, paving northerly from Screen Chamber, Weston, Mass., Nov. 20, 1903 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Clinton Sewerage, reservoir, Section 2, Clinton, Mass., May 17, 1899 , waterworks, sewage treatment, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites, watershed sanitary improvement

Sudbury Department, improvement of Lake Cochituate, brook south of Speene Street, before improvement, Framingham, Mass., Jul. 29, 1910 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, watershed sanitary improvement

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, Section 12, trench for two 60-inch pipe lines, near Spot Pond Southern Gatehouse, Medford, Mass., Sep. 16, 1902 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Wachusett Reservoir, Shrewsbury Road, Section 1, east of station 85, West Boylston, Mass., Jul. 10, 1900 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites, roads

Wachusett Aqueduct, construction, Northborough, Mass., Jul. 17, 1897 , waterworks, aqueducts, construction sites

Wachusett Reservoir, North Dike, westerly portion, brickwork on ledge, station 20, Clinton, Mass., May 11, 1900 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Sudbury Department, improvement of Lake Cochituate, brook south of Speene Street, before improvement, Framingham, Mass., Jul. 29, 1910 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, watershed sanitary improvement

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, Dam No. 10, Section 3, from the south on Hammer Neck, Stoneham, Mass., Nov. 29, 1899 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Wachusett Dam, stone yard, Clinton, Mass., Dec. 1, 1903 , waterworks, dams, construction sites

Sudbury Reservoir, south arm of Section C, below the Worcester Turnpike, showing fill, from the east near the corner of Bagley Road and Turnpike, Southborough, Mass., Sep. 23, 1896 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Weston Aqueduct, Weston Reservoir, Section 2, ledges in northwest portion of section, Weston, Mass., Dec. 11, 1903 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Wachusett Department, Wachusett Watershed, Gates Brook Improvement, preliminary ditch at state highway culvert, lower end of settlement, West Boylston, Mass., Apr. 5, 1916 , waterworks, brooks, drainage, watershed sanitary improvement

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, Section 12, trench for 48-inch pipe through Tay's land, Medford, Mass., Jul. 24, 1902 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Wachusett Aqueduct, Crane Swamp, drainage ditch, station 39, A Line, Westborough, Mass., Oct. 24, 1899 , waterworks, aqueducts, swamps, watershed sanitary improvement

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, northerly view along easterly side of swamp behind Pickerel Rock, Stoneham, Mass., Dec. 15, 1904 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, swamps, forestry

Relocation Central Massachusetts Railroad, excavating west of Clamshell Road, Clinton, Mass., Jul. 2, 1902 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, railroads infrastructure, construction sites

Distribution Department, Northern High Service Middlesex Fells Reservoir, Dam No. 2, Stoneham, Mass., May 25, 1899 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, laying riprap on south shore of Section 4, from the south, Stoneham, Mass., Nov. 29, 1899 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Wachusett Reservoir, ditch south of Filter-beds Nos. 3 and 4, Sterling, Mass., Nov. 23, 1906 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, filter beds, watershed sanitary improvement

Distribution Department, Northern High Service Bear Hill Reservoir, ledge at west end of north dam, Stoneham, Mass., Aug. 29, 1901 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, Dam No. 4, Section 6, from the east, Stoneham, Mass., Nov. 9, 1899 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, dams, construction sites

Wachusett Aqueduct, Crane Swamp improved, station 21, A Line, Northborough, Mass., Oct. 24, 1899 , waterworks, aqueducts, swamps, watershed sanitary improvement

Wachusett Aqueduct, Crane Swamp, drainage ditch, station 39, A Line, Westborough, Mass., Oct. 24, 1899 , waterworks, aqueducts, swamps, watershed sanitary improvement

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, southern side of Basket Cove, Stoneham, Mass., Aug. 17, 1900 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Distribution Department, Northern Extra High Service Pipe Lines, Section 36, laying 16-inch main in Robbins Road, near Hawthorne Avenue; Arlington Standpipe in background, center, Arlington, Mass., Jun. 25, 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, water towers

Wachusett Reservoir, North Dike, easterly portion, secondary cut-off, station 19, Clinton, Mass., May 11, 1900 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Wachusett Reservoir, North Dike, westerly portion, refilled cut-off trench, station 61; from the south, Sterling, Mass., Oct. 30, 1899 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Construction of Sjöholmen station.

Wachusett Reservoir, Stillwater River channel, (compare with No. 5920), Sterling, Mass., Nov. 17, 1905 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, river beds, construction sites

Distribution Department, Southern High Service Pipe Line, Section 20, station 131+50, Morton Street near Fuller Street, Dorchester, Mass., Jun. 21, 1898 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Distribution Department, Northern High Service Middlesex Fells Reservoir, stump puller at work, Stoneham, Mass., Jun. 1898 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Weston Aqueduct, Weston Reservoir, Section 1, excavation in southwest corner, square 15, Weston, Mass., Sep. 25, 1903 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Distribution Department, Weston Aqueduct Supply Mains, Section 7, embankment over 60-inch main near Grant Avenue, Newton, Mass., Jun. 24, 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Wachusett Department, Wachusett-Sudbury power transmission line, regular 40-foot and 45-foot pull-off poles, Wachusett Aqueduct, Open Channel, Marlborough, Mass., Aug. 1, 1918 , waterworks, power lines, aqueducts, construction completed

Wachusett Reservoir, South Dike, south of station 12, Boylston; Clinton, Mass., Apr. 2, 1904 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, dam at north of Dark Hollow Swamp, Stoneham, Mass., Oct. 4, 1900 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures

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