subject: Wachusett Reservoir
description- – View along East Main Street, across the Clarendon Mill pond, towards the Clarendon Mill complex. The state road to Boylstoncontinues along the ridge. Note the clearing and drainage of the mill pond as the construction of the Wachusett Reservoir progressed. The ridge tothe left of the image was the location of mill tenement buildings for workers of the Clarendon Mills. Circa 1895-1905.
subjectcollectionpublishercreatorrelation- – Is part of the Sargent collection of photographs and hand-drawn maps detailing the buildings surrounding the center of WestBoylston during the period of 1895-1905. Presented to the Beaman Memorial Library, West Boylston, Mass. http://www.beamanlibrary.org/ on August 27, 1963 by Miss Martha A. Sargent.
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description- – View of the valley after the Wachusett Reservoir filled to capacity. The causeway in the middle of the image carries State Road (Route) 12 towardsSterling from West Boylston from right to left. There is a line of people on the causeway. The line of maple trees along the left side of theimage trace one of the original roads removed during the construction.
subjectcollectionpublishercreatorrelation- – Is part of the Sargent collection of photographs and hand-drawn maps detailing the buildings surrounding the center of West Boylston during the period of 1895-1905. Presented to the Beaman Memorial Library, West Boylston, Mass. http://www.beamanlibrary.org/ on August 27, 1963 by Miss Martha A. Sargent.
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