Metropolitan Waterworks Museum

The Waterworks Museum is a museum in the Chestnut Hill Waterworks building.

Metropolitan Waterworks Museum
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DirectorEric Peterson
Public transit access     Green Line (D branch)Reservoir Handicapped/disabled access or Chestnut Hill
Websitewaterworksmuseum.org
Metropolitan Waterworks Museum
Location2450 Beacon Street, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, US
ArchitectArthur H. Vinal
Architectural style(s)Richardsonian Romanesque
Official name: Chestnut Hill High Service Pumping Station
DesignatedJanuary 18, 1990
Part ofChestnut 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]

Metropolitan Waterworks Museum Media

References

  1. Burkett, Meisha Hunter. Silent and Unseen: Stewardship of Water Infrastructural Heritage. Adaptive Strategies for Water Heritage (18 October 2019). p. 20–39. ISBN 978-3-030-00267-1. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-00268-8_2.
  2. Olia, Maria. No Access Boston: Beantown's Hidden Treasures, Haunts, and Forgotten Places (in en) (2019-05-01)Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781493035946.