Cambridge Reservoir Improvements – Lincoln MA

City:
Cambridge, Lincoln, Waltham, MA

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Water Supply

New Deal Agencies:
Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

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).
https://archive.org/details/worksprogressbul3637unit

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

Location Info


Cambridge Reservoir
Lincoln, MA

Coordinates: 42.41, -71.27

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