[MassHistPres] Pumping Stations II -- your town?

[Dennis De Witt]

Jade

A catalog of Massachusetts Waterworks pumping stations from 1870 to 1913 is in preparation and with luck should be available at the Waterworks Museum by year's end.

BTW there are/were some very nice ones in Rhode Island.  But, it appears that in general there may be a higher percentage of images for Massachusetts examples vs the rest of New England.  Interestingly, one source of images is color picture postcards, whose use peaked ca. 1900-1915.

Dennis De Witt

> On Oct 14, 2020, at 7:02 PM, heartwood <jade at heartwoodrestoration.com> wrote:
> 
> dennis....
> I hope all your important sleuthing pays off....and when it does, I look forward
> to seeing images and drawings...
> thanks!
>  
> jade mortimer
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>  
> From: Dennis De Witt <mailto:abtdewitt at rcn.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 12:43 PM
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> Subject: [MassHistPres] Pumping Stations II -- your town?
>  
> If I can briefly beg your indulgence, again.  Below is a list of 18 towns and cites for which I have now identified a late 19th C water works Pumping Stations (“PS" below) for which I cannot find an image.  Most appear to be gone.  None are on the Mass Historical Commission’s Macris database.  For each I have contacted a local historical society and/or local libraries, where they are operating, without any success.  I would greatly appreciate knowing of any images — photos, postcards, drawings, etc.
>  
> Thanks
>  
> Dennis De Witt
> Metropolitan Waterworks Museum, Boston
> 
> Arlington. 1894  — PS in East Lexington (wells near Lexington Great Meadow Reservoir).  Also tall standpipe reservoir.  (Not the current 1907 MWRA pumping station nor its monumental water tank.) 
> 
> Belmont, 1889 — Cedar Street PS 
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> Chicopee, 1886 — PS at South and Springfield Streets.
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> Franklin, 1884 — Franklin Water Co. PS (wells near Mine Brook) —  also standpipe tank.
> 
> Gloucester, 1884  — Gloucester Water Supply Co. PS.
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> Great Barrington, 1890 — Fire District PS.
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> Hopkinton, 1884 — PS and water tanks .
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> Lexington, 1884 —  Lexington Water Company PS — site behind  40 Lincoln street.  Also reference to "Concord Hill PS", 1895. Unclear if same site.       
> 
> Norton, 1895 — PS — and raised tanks. 
> 
> Onset in Wareham, 1894 — Sand Pond PS  (Water tower in background of Onset postcards.).
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> Orange, 1893 — water powered PS with standby steam engine.
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> Revere & Winthrop, 1884 — Revere Water Co. PS -- wells in Revere and Saugus.
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> Rockport, 1894 — Cape Pond PS —with standpipe tank. 
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> Sharon, 1885 — Sharon water company PS — with 80 foot high standpipe tank.
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> Swampscott, 1884 — Marblehead Water Company of Swampscott PS in Swampscott “near Stacy’s Brook” —  company also had site on New Ocean Street near Lynn line  — a standpipe tank.  Also supplied Nahant. (Not the Macris listed sewer PS) 
> 
> Watertown, 1884 — The Watertown Water Supply Co. PS. Next to the Charles (also supplied Belmont pre-1895)
> 
> West Springfield 1875 — West Springfield water co. Darby Brook PS supplied Mittinleague village
> 
> Whitman, 1884— Hobart’s Pond PS — and standpipe tank.
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