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Inventory No: SBR.907   

Historic Name: Sudbury Reservoir Circular Dam

Common Name:

Address: Middle Rd

City/Town: Southborough

Village/Neighborhood:

Local No: 6-6

Year Constructed:

Architect(s): Holbrook, Cabot and Daly

Architectural Style(s):

Use(s): Other Engineering; Utilities Other

Significance: Engineering

Area(s): sbr.i: Water Supply System of Metropolitan Boston

Designation(s): Nat'l Register Individual Property (1/18/1990); Nat'l Register TRA (1/18/1990)

Building Materials(s):

 

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7. Original owner (if known) Metro. Water Board

Original use To maintain an 8' depth in portion of reservoir

Subsequent uses (if any) and dates

8. Historical significance

This dam was bui lt on concrete, of rubble masonry with quarry-faced stone facing, and dressed stone crest. Its nearly circular shape provides a 150' overfall , augmented by an 8' wide central opening controlled with stop planks. Its function is to maintain an 8' depth in the western portion of Sudbury Reservoir below the open channel during periods when the overall water level is reduced. Contractor for the dam was Holbrook, Cabot and Daly, of Boston.

9. Bibliography and/or references such as local histories, deeds, assessor 's records, early maps, etc.

Metro. Water Board, 2nd Annual Report (1897):13,58. MDC Drawing Fi les , Case 19, Drawer 101.

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