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Chestnut Hill Reservoir Historic District

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in Boston's western suburbs. Its terminal chamber, a single-story granite Romanesque structure with a hip roof, stands across Beacon Street from the reservoir, and houses gates for controlling flow into the reservoir from both the Cochituate Aqueduct (now defunct) and the Sudbury Aqueduct (in backup
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service), and from the reservoir to the Brookline Reservoir. The other major structure in the district is the high service pumping station, a massive Romanesque structure designed by Arthur Vinal in 1887, which is now a museum.
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The Chestnut Hill Reservoir and pumping stations were designated a Boston Landmark by the Boston Landmarks Commission in 1989.
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and the surrounding water works facilities which were historically used to provide fresh water to
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The Chestnut Hill Reservoir was built between 1865 and 1870 to supplement the capacity of the
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Sudbury Aqueduct
Chestnut Hill Reservoir Historic District is located in Massachusetts
Chestnut Hill Reservoir Historic District is located in the United States
Boston, Massachusetts
Newton
89002271

Chestnut Hill High Service Pumping Station
historic district
Chestnut Hill Reservoir
Boston, Massachusetts
Chestnut Hill Reservation
Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
Massachusetts Water Resources Authority
Beacon Street
Commonwealth Avenue
Chestnut Hill
Boston College
Main Campus Historic District
Brookline Reservoir
Cochituate Aqueduct
Sudbury River
Chestnut Hill Reservoir
Chestnut Hill Reservation
National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Boston, Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places listings in Newton, Massachusetts

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