Cochituate Water System – Wayland MA

City:
Wayland, MA

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Water Supply

New Deal Agencies:
Civil Works Administration (CWA), Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA), Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)

Description

Multiple New Deal agencies contributed to the construction of water mains and development of the water system for Wayland, Mass. Examples of water mains installed or replaced: Stanton St., Harrison St., and Dunster Ave. in 1933; Old Connecticut Path and Sycamore Rd. in 1934.

Source notes

Official reports of the town of Wayland for the Year Ending December 31, 1933 (pp. 203-4). Official reports of the town of Wayland for the Year Ending December 31, 1934 (pg. 110). https://archive.org/details/officialreportso1933wayl Official reports of the town of Wayland for the Year Ending December 31, 1936 (pp. 182-3). https://archive.org/details/officialreportso1936wayl

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 31, 2017.

Location Info


Harrison St.
Wayland, MA

Location notes: General location marker

Coordinates: 42.318858, -71.365549

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