Historical Waterworks Flood Images

Black and white historical photos showcasing rivers, dams, and waterworks in Massachusetts, emphasizing flood conditions and engineering structures.

Ware River, head of Three Rivers Pond near Station #13 looking downstream, drainage area - 218 square miles, flow - 2850 cubic feet per second - 13.1 cubic feet per second per square mile, Palmer, Mass., 11:45 AM, Apr. 18, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, mill ponds, floods natural events

Swift River - looking upstream from intake to diversion tunnel at dam site, flood photo, Mass., Mar. 19, 1936 : Parcel no. 208--, 9:20 AM , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering, floods natural events

Chicopee River, dam at Collins Manufacturing Co., drainage area - 680 square miles, Wilbraham, Mass., 3:10 PM, Sep. 18, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, floods natural events

Ware River, head of Three Rivers Pond near Station #13 looking downstream, drainage area - 218 square miles, flow - 2850 cubic feet per second - 13.1 cubic feet per second per square mile, Palmer, Mass., 11:45 AM, Apr. 18, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, mill ponds, floods natural events

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

Barre Wool Combing Co. Ltd., new septic tank on south side of Ware River, Barre, Mass., Apr. 29, 1935 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, septic tanks, bridges built works

Barre Wool Combing Co. Ltd., showing ridge of sludge that settled in channel when lagoon was frozen, Barre, Mass., Apr. 6, 1935 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions

Chicopee River, dam at Collins Manufacturing Co., drainage area - 680 square miles, flow over dam - 4910 cubic feet per second, through canal - 700 cubic feet per second, total 5610 cubic feet per second - 8.2 cubic feet per second per square mile, Wilbraham, Mass., 3:00 PM, Apr. 5, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, floods natural events

Barre Wool Combing Co., Mill Plant dam, reinforcing dam, Barre, Mass., Aug. 4, 1934 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, construction sites

Contract No. 96, Chlorine Storage House and Equipment and Chlorinating Equipment for Gate House at Norumbega Reservoir, Weston, looking easterly showing completed grading at rear of chlorinator storage house, chlorinator storage house, Weston, Mass., May 26, 1941

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

Water running past power lines , Electric lines, Waterways, Construction Edgar Sutton Dorr Photograph Collection

Ware River, dam of Ware Mills-Otis Co., drainage area - 168 square miles, flow 1280 cubic feet per second - 7.6 cubic feet per second per square mile, flow over dam - 860 cubic feet per second through canal - 420 cubic feet per second, Ware, Mass., 4:20 PM, Apr. 3, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, floods natural events

Ware River at Ware Mills, Otis Co. dam, Ware, Mass., 1:25 PM, Mar. 19, 1936 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures

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

Looking northerly at East Branch regulating dam, water elevation 530.98, Quabbin Reservoir, Mass., 2:35 PM, Apr. 5, 1940 : Parcel no. 372-- , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering, dams hydraulic structures, bridges built works

Ware River, Ware Mills, Otis Co. dam, Ware, Mass., 3:50 PM, Mar. 12, 1936 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures

Swift River - dam at Enfield, flood photo, Enfield, Mass., Mar. 19, 1936 : Parcel no. 269--, 10:10 AM , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, dams hydraulic structures, road bridges, floods natural events

Looking northerly at East Branch regulating dam, water elevation 530.98, Quabbin Reservoir, Mass., 2:35 PM, Apr. 5, 1940 : Parcel no. 372-- , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering, dams hydraulic structures, bridges built works

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

Contract No. 19, Dam and Substructure of Ware River Intake Works at Shaft 8, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, Barre, Ware River above Shaft 8, Barre, Mass., Oct. 10, 1930

Ware River, Otis Co., mill pond from east side in rear of Ware Foundry Co. looking southwest, Gilbertville, Hardwick, Mass., 12:07 PM, Apr. 1, 1932 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, mill ponds, dams hydraulic structures, floods natural events

Barre Wool Combing Co., Mill Plant dam, reinforcing dam, Barre, Mass., Aug. 4, 1934 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, construction sites

Prince River, Allen Brothers Foundry Dam, flow - 33 cubic feet per second, 7.7 cubic feet per second per square mile, drainage area - 4.3 square miles, Barre, Mass., Mar. 9, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, factories structures, floods natural events

Dana S. Courtney Co., dam and hydroelectric station, Chicopee, Mass., May 15, 1928 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, dams hydraulic structures, factories structures, watershed sanitary conditions

Washout on Route #32 between Barre Plains and Wheelwright, Hardwick, Mass., 4:50 PM, Sep. 16, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, brooks, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, roads, people agents

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

Dredging mill at Saron. A dredger at work in a canal at Saron. Part of the photo album souvenir de Voyage (part 2), about the life of the DOIER family in and around the plantation ma retreat in Suriname in the years 1906-1913.

Ware River, Ware Mills, Otis Co., dam, looking upstream, flow 757 cubic feet per second, Ware, Mass., 4:45 PM, Oct. 20, 1932 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures

Muddy Brook, dam belonging to G.H. Gilbert Co., drainage area - 18.5 square miles, Ware, Mass., Mar. 9, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, brooks, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, floods natural events

Ware River, Otis Co. mill pond, 2 miles above dam from South Shore, drainage area - 168 square miles, flow 1750 cubic feet per second - 10.4 cubic feet per second per square mile, 9:00 AM, Ware, Mass., Apr. 5, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, mill ponds, floods natural events

Looking westerly from just below Outlet Works Building at Shaft #1, West Boylston, Mass., 11:10 AM, Sep. 17, 1941 , Water levels, waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering, milestone event, dams hydraulic structures

Chicopee River, racks at Three Rivers hydroelectric station, Three Rivers, Palmer, Mass., 1:20 PM, Mar. 13, 1936 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, hydroelectric power plants, 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 upstream at dam, east branch regulating dam, Hardwick, Mass., Nov. 10, 1939

Barre Wool Combing Co. Ltd., showing channel followed by lagoon influent at inlet pipe, Barre, Mass., 1:30 PM, May 15, 1935 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions

Pulp & Paper Mills - Exteriors. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Manokwari; Foundation Senior, Bassin Wood Storage. April 1957. Manokwari

Ware Woolen Co., looking easterly at carbonizing building and wet finishing plant, Ware, Mass., Nov. 21, 1935 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, factories structures, general views

Contract No. 19, Dam and Substructure of Ware River Intake Works at Shaft 8, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, Barre, Ware River above Shaft 8, Barre, Mass., Oct. 10, 1930

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 4, middle branch regulating dam, Hardwick, Mass., Nov. 10, 1939

Ware River, Mill Plant dam, Barre Wool Combing Co., drainage area - 103 square miles, flow over dam - 250 cubic feet per second, through wheels - 220 cubic feet per second, total 470 cubic feet per second - 4.7 cubic feet per second per square mile, Barre, Mass., Mar. 23, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, floods natural events

Contract No. 19, Dam and Substructure of Ware River Intake Works at Shaft 8, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, Barre, Ware River above Shaft 8, Barre, Mass., Nov. 10, 1930

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, looking up Main Street from manhole 6B-3-1, Holden Sewer Line, Holden, Mass., Jun. 21, 1940

Hattie M. Doubleday executrix, dam, Dana, Mass., Mar. 19, 1929 : Parcel no. 471-66, Frank A. Doubleday estate , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, mills buildings, dams hydraulic structures

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

Weir below Pepper's mill pond dam on Beaver Brook, Ware, Mass., 9:05 AM, May 2, 1936 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, brooks, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures, weirs

Hattie M. Doubleday executrix, dam, Dana, Mass., Mar. 19, 1929 : Parcel no. 471-66, Frank A. Doubleday estate , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, mills buildings, dams hydraulic structures

Beaver Lake dam, Ware, Mass., Sep. 30, 1935 , waterworks, real estate, lakes bodies of water, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures

Prince River at Allen Brothers Foundry dam, looking north, drainage area - 4 square miles, flow - 34 cubic feet per second - 8.5 cubic feet per second per square mile, Barre, Mass., 10:45 AM, Mar. 22, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, factories structures, floods natural events

Beaver Brook at gaging station below Peppers Mill pond, Ware, Mass., 9:05 AM, Mar. 13, 1936 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, brooks, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures

Ware River, Wheelwright Paper Co., dam and pond, looking upstream from railroad bridge, Barre, Mass., 10:50 AM, Apr. 1, 1932 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, floods natural events

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

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

Chicopee River, Red Bridge dam, Ludlow Manufacturing Associates, Ludlow, Mass., 1:40 PM, Mar. 13, 1936 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures

Panorama from below Outlet Works at Shaft #1, looking northeasterly, Wachusett Reservoir, West Boylston, Mass., Sep. 15, 1941 , Water levels, waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering

Station #107, Ware River, West Branch at Barre-Princeton Road, Hubbardston, Mass., Dec. 15, 1930 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, bridges built works, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions

Contract No. 14, East Portion, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, West Boylston, Holden, Rutland, filter plant, Shaft 2, Holden, Mass., Sep. 30, 1929

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Manokwari. Foundation sawmill, bazin wood storage. December 1958. Manokwari, Guinea, Oransbari

Muddy Brook from Ware-Enfield Road, drainage area - 19 square miles, flow - 140 cubic feet per second - 7.4 cubic feet per second per square mile, Ware, Mass., Mar. 22, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, brooks, watershed sanitary conditions, billboards site elements, floods natural events

Panorama from below Outlet Works at Shaft #1, looking northeasterly, Wachusett Reservoir, West Boylston, Mass., Sep. 15, 1941 , Water levels, waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering

Three Rivers, staff gage #2, above racks, Palmer, Mass., May 15, 1928 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, rivers, hydroelectric dams, hydroelectric power plants, watershed sanitary conditions

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

Wachusett Department, Wachusett Aqueduct, water supply for Westborough State Hospital, extension of 12-inch suction pipe to Terminal Chamber; 'copy'; Westborough, through Northborough, to Marlborough, Marlborough, Mass., Nov. 1917 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Beaver Brook at gaging station below Peppers Mill pond, Ware, Mass., 9:05 AM, Mar. 13, 1936 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, brooks, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures

Weir below Pepper's mill pond dam on Beaver Brook, Ware, Mass., 10:15 AM, May 1, 1936 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, brooks, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures, weirs

Distribution Department, Spot Pond Brook, Wilson's land, shore of Doleful Pond, Stoneham, Mass., Apr. 30, 1904 , waterworks, brooks, watershed sanitary improvement

Weir below Pepper's mill pond dam on Beaver Brook, Ware, Mass., 9:05 AM, May 2, 1936 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, brooks, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures, weirs

Beaver Brook below Pepper's mill pond dam, Ware, Mass., 9:30 AM, May 11, 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

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

Looking northeasterly at dam on property formerly of the Robert M. Woods estate, Enfield, Mass., Nov. 29, 1939 : Parcel no. 248-61 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, dams hydraulic structures

Bridge construction of Södertälje canal. Rönninge-Stream Double-track flap bridge was built in 1921 over the Södertälje canal.

Ware River, Mill Plant dam, 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 over dam 935 cubic feet per second, through wheels 258 cubic feet per second, Barre, Mass., 10:40 AM, Sep. 17, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, floods natural events

Contract No. 80, High Level Distribution Reservoir, Weston, site of drain from near high level distribution reservoir looking south from Glenn Road, high level distribution reservoir, Weston, Mass., Jun. 23, 1939

Panorama from below Outlet Works at Shaft #1, looking north westerly, Wachusett Reservoir, West Boylston, Mass., Sep. 15, 1941 , Water levels, waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering

Contract No. 54, Highway in Towns of Dana, Petersham, Worcester County, downstream side of culvert at Sta. 79+05, Dana and Petersham, Mass., Sep. 28, 1938

Ware River, lower dam of G.H. Gilbert Manufacturing Co. at Gilbertville, drainage area - 161 square miles, flow 1250 cubic feet per second, no flow through canal, Hardwick, Mass., 3:50 PM, Apr. 3, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, floods natural events, covered bridges

Otis Co., 22, dam, Ware, Mass., Jun. 8, 1928 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, rivers, hydroelectric dams, watershed sanitary conditions

Beaver Brook at Pepper's mill pond dam, Ware, Mass., 8:30 AM, May 28, 1936 , waterworks, real estate, brooks, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures

Bridge construction for the double track over the channel between Rönninge - power

Barre Wool Combing Co., pool at lagoon outlet, Barre, Mass., 2:25 PM, May 24, 1935 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions

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

Ware River, upper dam of George H. Gilbert Manufacturing Co., from highway bridge, 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

Otis Co., 22, dam, Ware, Mass., Jun. 8, 1928 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, rivers, hydroelectric dams, watershed sanitary conditions

Pepper's mill pond dam on Beaver Brook, Ware, Mass., 8:30 AM, May 12, 1936 , waterworks, real estate, brooks, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures

S.O. Goenoengsari. Artwork transition S.S. 30-4-27., 1927 photograph Masonry for the supply and drainage channels of the factory at a bridge, April 1927. Part of the photo album with photos of the construction of the sugar factory in Goenoengsari on East Java by the Handels Association Amsterdam 1926-1927. East Java photographic support gelatin silver print East Java

Bridge construction for the double track over the channel between Rönninge - power

Device built to salvage Gothenburg - Borås Railway, GBJ K 5 after accident in Hultafors.

Swift River dam above Bondsville, Bondsville, Palmer, Mass., 2:25 PM, Sep. 21, 1938 , New England Hurricane, 1938, waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures

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

Intake and discharge channels, sluicing test bin, Enfield, Mass., Nov. 24, 1933 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering, sluices, pre-construction sites

Looking westerly at partially removed Enfield Bridge, Quabbin Reservoir, Mass., Nov. 6, 1939 : Parcel no. 269-- , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering, bridges built works, dismantling

Distribution Department, Southern High Service Waban Hill Reservoir, elevation of water 261.42, Newton, Mass., Sep. 12, 1919 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures

Logging: Transportation: Rafting - Georgia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Sudbury Department, Hopkinton Dam, wasteway and 48-inch outlet, Ashland, Mass., 1892 , waterworks, dams, construction sites, spillways

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

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

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

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

Wastes from Collins Manufacturing Co. above Station F-2, Wilbraham, Mass., 2:00 PM, Sep. 29, 1932 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, factories structures

The bridge construction for the double track over the channel between Rönninge - stream.

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