Metropolitan Waterworks Museum
museum in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
The Waterworks Museum is a museum in the Chestnut Hill Waterworks building.
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| Director | Eric Peterson |
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| Owner | Metropolitan Waterworks Museum Inc. |
| Public transit access | Reservoir  or Chestnut Hill |
| Website | waterworksmuseum |
 Interactive map highlighting the location of the museum | |
| Location | 2450 Beacon Street, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, US |
| Architect | Arthur H. Vinal |
| Architectural style(s) | Richardsonian Romanesque |
| Official name: Chestnut Hill High Service Pumping Station | |
| Designated | January 18, 1990 |
| Part of | Chestnut Hill Reservoir Historic District |
| Reference no. | 89002271 |
It used to be a pumping station of the Boston Metropolitan Waterworks[1] and it pumped up to a hundred million gallons of water each day.[2]
References
change- ↑ Burkett, Meisha Hunter (18 October 2019). "Silent and Unseen: Stewardship of Water Infrastructural Heritage". Adaptive Strategies for Water Heritage: 20–39. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-00268-8_2. ISBN 978-3-030-00267-1.
The former Metropolitan Waterworks' high-service pumping station in Boston (originated by Arthur Vinal, 1885–1887 and expanded by Edmund Wheelwright, 1897–98) was recently opened as the Waterworks Museum.
- ↑ Olia, Maria (2019-05-01). No Access Boston: Beantown's Hidden Treasures, Haunts, and Forgotten Places. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781493035946.
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