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Cambridge Reservoir Improvements – Lincoln MA

Hobbs Brook Reservoir

Photo: Fern Nesson, December 9, 2018 © All Rights Reserved

Hobbs Brook Reservoir

Photo: Fern Nesson © All Rights Reserved December 9, 2018

Hobbs Brook Reservoir

Photo: Fern Nesson, December 9, 2018 © All Rights Reserved

Hobbs Brook Reservoir

Photo: Fern Nesson, December 9, 2018 © All Rights Reserved

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Water supply
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)
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Description

The Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) conducted substantial improvement work at Cambridge Reservoir (Hobbs Brook Reservoir) in Lincoln and Waltham, MA. Work included nine miles (for an area of about 500,000 square feet) of shore rip-rapping and the clearing 316 acres of trees and underbrush.

Source notes

Works Progress Bulletin, Massachusetts: Aug. 16, 1937 (pg. 3).

http://archive.org/details/worksprogressbul3637unit

Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 18, 2017.
Additional contributions by Fern Nesson.

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Location Info

Cambridge Reservoir
Lincoln, MA

Coordinates: 42.41, -71.27

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