Images of the Sudbury Aqueduct (1876)
This is the point where the Sudbury River issues from Framingham Reservoir No. 1. |
The is the intake structure at Framingham Reservoir No. 1 for the Sudbury Aqueduct |
This is a small gatehouse for the Sudbury Aqueduct along the edge of Farm Pond in Framingham. The aqueduct runs in the foreground along the edge of the pond. |
This is the gatehouse for the Sudbury Aqueduct on the narrow section that divides Farm Pond. |
Waban Arch Bridge of the Sudbury Aqueduct This impressive nine arch bridge is tucked behind the Nehoiden Golf Course in Wellesley |
The date engraved over the center arch of the Waban Arch Bridge in Wellesley. |
Ground level view of the arches of the Sudbury Aqueduct as it passes over the inlet stream from Lake Waban and Fuller Brook to the Charles River. (older photo) |
View of the aqueduct from the footbridge over the stream (Older photo - half of this footbridge is now missing.) |
Gatehouse in Wellesley near the Needham border |
Intake structure on the Sudbury Aqueduct next to Wellesley Avenue. Here the water would enter a siphon as it dipped at Brookside Avenue. |
This is the eastern end of the siphon where the water would rise up from the siphon and continue it's journey toward Boston. |
Echo Bridge in Newton Upper Falls (Hemlock Gorge) There are seven arches to this bridge. |
View of the main arch of Echo Bridge This is an very wide and very impressive arch. The echo under this arch gives rise to the name of the bridge. I counted 13 distinct echoes. |
The date engraved on Echo Bridge over the main arch |
Sudbury Gatehouse on Tyler Terrace in Newton Center. There is also a Cochituate Aqueduct gatehouse nearby. |
The last access portal to the Sudbury Aqueduct as it nears its terminal gatehouse at the Chestnut Hill Reservoir |
Images of the Cochituate Aqueduct