Ancient cistern under Harvard Square, Charlestown

Title:: Ancient cistern under Harvard Square, Charlestown
Description:: Ancient cistern under Harvard Square, Charlestown. This old underground water supply was presumably for fire protection. The cistern must have been 20 feet in diameter. The arched roof was of brick supported by a central pillar of brick from which the arched ceiling rose. Filled in during May, 1950.
Photographer:: Cutler, Wolcott, 1891-1965
Collector:: Cutler, Wolcott, 1891-1965
Name on Item:: Photo by Rev. Wolcott Cutler
Date:: [ca. 1925–1959]
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Lantern slides
Location:: Boston Public Library
Charlestown Branch Library
Collection (local):: Charlestown Lantern Slides
Subjects:: Cisterns
Places:: Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Charlestown
Rutherford Avenue District
Extent:: 1 photograph : transparency
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Notes:: Title from materials accompanying item.
Additional information accompanying item: Photograph by Reverend Wolcott Cutler: Bantam #12 B:3.
Notes (ownership):: Courtesy of Reverend Wolcott Cutler
Notes (date):: Date from accompanying materials: Since 1925
Date supplied by cataloger.
Notes (historical):: Reverend Cutler was rector at St. John’s Church from 1924 to 1959 and most likely assembled this collection during that time.
Identifier:: CHA-281-B1