Hydrohistorian
Wachusett Dam from the viaduct
Library of Congress · 1904
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-17372 No known restrictions on publication. Archive record ↗ · Rights
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Wachusett under construction, with the gatehouse and its ornamental basin already finished. Storage works of this period were built to be looked at as well as used -- the architecture is not incidental, it is the civic argument for the expense.
Shows: A masonry storage dam mid-build, and the deliberate handsomeness of the era's public water works.
What this does not let you conclude: Anything about capacity or operation, then or now. 1 September 1904, from the caption printed on the album page.
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