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The Quabbin Reservoir is the largest inland body of water in Massachusetts, United States, and was built between 1930 and 1939. Along with the Wachusett Reservoir, it is the primary water supply for Boston, 65 miles (105 km) to the east, and 40 other cities and towns in Greater Boston.
Quabbin Reservoir is one of the largest unfiltered water supplies in the United States. Along with the Wachusett Reservoir and Ware River, it is the source of high quality water for the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority water supply system.
Apr 26, 2022 · Their homes were taken down. Farmland stripped. Everything was burned. And from 1938-1946, the area was flooded to create the Quabbin Reservoir. Today, it hosts more than 412 billion gallons of water and supplies 40% of Massachusetts, including Boston with clean, sustainable drinking water.
Jun 29, 2021 · The massive effort to construct the reservoir was made up of several overlapping engineering projects: digging the 24.6-mile-long Quabbin Aqueduct between the new reservoir and the...
Quabbin Reservoir is one of the largest man-made public water supplies in the United States. Created in the 1930s by the construction of two huge earthen dams, the reservoir is fed by the three branches of the Swift River, and seasonally by the Ware River.
May 1, 2021 · Gate 52 in Ware MA is a short, easy hike to the Quabbin Reservoir shore. Visit this Quabbin entrance for amazing nature scenery and quiet exploring along the reservoir's edge in Central Massachusetts.
Apr 7, 2022 · The four lost towns of the Quabbin Reservoir — Dana, Enfield, Greenwich, and Prescott — are not your typical “ghost towns.” You won’t find dusty streets, old saloons and blowing tumbleweeds here.
Apr 26, 2022 · Burt V. Brooks Photograph Collection Photos showing the people and life in the four Massachusetts towns that were ultimately flooded for the Quabbin Reservoir.
Area of islands. 3,500 acres. Highest watershed elevation (Prospect Hill, Phillipston) 1,383 feet. Reservoir elevation when full, Boston City base (BCB) 530 feet. Towns in watershed. Athol, Barre, Belchertown, Hardwick, New Salem, Orange, Pelham, Petersham, Phillipston, Shutesbury, Ware, Wendell.
The Quabbin Reservoir provides the greater part of the water supply for Boston and several other communities. Created in the 1930's and finished in 1939, the 38.6 square mile body of water is the largest in Massachusetts.
