Reservoir-Area Fire Prevention – Boylston MA

Description

W.P.A. project description:
“Federal W.P.A. forces, varying from 20 to 200 men, have been engaged throughout the year on fire prevention clearings on Water Works land throughout the margins of the [Wachusett] reservoir in Boylston and West Boylston. This work consisted of cutting the limbs from the trunks of hurricane-felled trees up to the height of a man and cutting all brush and undergrowth and piling it for burning at opportune times. The work was carried on principally for a width of about 100 feet along main highways around the reservoir for a width varying from 50 to 100 feet along the access roads and streams throughout the marginal land of the reservoir and in some scattered areas located reasonably close to buildings. This work extended along highways, access roads and streams for a distance of about 9 miles covering an area of about 170 acres.”