Background on Creator:
The Western Massachusetts towns of Dana, Enfield, Greenwich, Prescott, and North Dana were abolished in 1938 to allow the Swift River Valley to be flooded, thereby creating the Quabbin Reservoir to provide Boston with water.
Scope of collection
Five maps prepared by the Massachusetts Metropolitan District Water Supply Commission of the anticipated site of the Quabbin Reservoir, some with hand-written notes. Also one showing the route of Boston's water supply.
Administrative information
Access
The collection is open for research.
Provenance
Acquired from: Donald Howe, 1960.
Processing Information
Processed by Linda Seidman, 1985.
Language:
EnglishAcknowledgments
Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Copyright and Use (More information )
Cite as: Quabbin Reservoir Maps of Proposed Site Collection (MS 78). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
Search terms
Subjects
- Quabbin Reservoir (Mass.)--Maps.
- Quabbin Reservoir Region (Mass.)--Maps.
- Water-supply--Massachusetts--Boston--Maps.
Genres and formats
- Maps.
