Contract No. 51, East Branch Baffle, Site of Quabbin Reservoir, Greenwich, Hardwick, east branch of Swift River, looking upstream from highway bridge, Hardwick, Mass., May 20, 1936

Contract No. 51, East Branch Baffle, Site of Quabbin Reservoir, Greenwich, Hardwick, east branch of Swift River, looking upstream from highway bridge, Hardwick, Mass., May 20, 1936

Item Information

Title:
Contract No. 51, East Branch Baffle, Site of Quabbin Reservoir, Greenwich, Hardwick, east branch of Swift River, looking upstream from highway bridge, Hardwick, Mass., May 20, 1936
Creator:
Massachusetts. Metropolitan District Water Supply Commission
Photographer:
Thornquist, Russell C., 1909-1976
Date:
May 20, 1936
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Massachusetts Archives
Collection (local):
Massachusetts. Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Metropolitan District Water Supply Commission, Quabbin Reservoir / Metropolitan District Commission, Construction Division, Contract Construction Photographs
Subjects:
waterworks
reservoirs (water distribution structures)
general views
mill pond
spillways
dams (hydraulic structures)
Places:
Massachusetts > Worcester (county) > Hardwick
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 format)
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/8g84qr543
Terms of Use:
No Copyright - United States
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Print in album volume MDWSC, Contract 51, East Branch Baffle, Volume 1, Chief Engineer set
Typed on back: General panorama view looking upstream from highway bridge on Greenwich-Hardwick Road over east branch of Swift River showing Walker's Mill Pond and timber dam. Elevation of finished grade of embankment of baffle on center line about 100 feet upstream from timber dam shown, to be elevation 537+/- or about 84 feet above timber spillway of dam. At extreme left, school house on center line of baffle dam near west end.
Notes (acquisition):
Massachusetts Metropolitan District Commission; Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
Accession #:
EN4.12/889X.MDWSC.C.0051.0005.Chief.Engineer
Identifier:
MDWSC_C_0051_0005_CE