Wachusett Department, Nashua Reservoir site, northeasterly from Pine Hill (compare with No. 7300), West Boylston, Mass., Apr.-May 1897

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Wachusett Department, Nashua Reservoir site, northeasterly from Pine Hill (compare with No. 7300), West Boylston, Mass., Apr.-May 1897

Print in album Photographs MWW Wachusett Department, Vol. 1. Oliver Tryon's 1916 reprinting of a 1897 photograph by David Butterfield, incorrectly dated 1896 on image, for comparison to the same view taken in 1916 (scanned as Accession # (local) 7300). See also man likely writing in a field notebook (if Butterfield is taking the photo, could this man be MWW photographer John L. Hildreth, Jr.?).

Record Details

Title: Wachusett Department, Nashua Reservoir site, northeasterly from Pine Hill (compare with No. 7300), West Boylston, Mass., Apr.-May 1897

Creator: Massachusetts. Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board

Contributor: Tryon, Oliver, 1883-1922

Description: Print in album Photographs MWW Wachusett Department, Vol. 1. Oliver Tryon's 1916 reprinting of a 1897 photograph by David Butterfield, incorrectly dated 1896 on image, for comparison to the same view taken in 1916 (scanned as Accession # (local) 7300). See also man likely writing in a field notebook (if Butterfield is taking the photo, could this man be MWW photographer John L. Hildreth, Jr.?).

Digital Origin: The Metropolitan Water Works photograph collection, 1876-1930, was digitized in 2013 by Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library. Originals are located at the Massachusetts Archives.

Date: 1897-04-1897-05

Type of Resource: Image

Format: glass plate negatives

Extent: 1 photograph : glass plate negative ; plate 166 x 216 mm (6.5 x 8.5 format)

Subject: waterworks

Subject: reservoirs (water distribution structures)

Subject: real estate

Subject: general views

Coverage: West Boylston, Massachusetts

Coverage: Massachusetts

Collection Information: Part of Collection: Record Group EN4.05 (Metropolitan District Commission - Water Division), Series 2630X (Metropolitan Water Works photograph collection, 1876-1930)

Language: en

Preferred Citation: Metropolitan Water Works photograph collection, 1876-1930. (EN4.05 / Series 2630X) Massachusetts Archives. Boston, MA. Accessed [insert date accessed in format DD MM YYYY]. [insert URL of resource].

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