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Quabbin Reservoir removal files [Massachusetts Metropolitan District Water Supply Commission]

Part of: Massachusetts Metropolitan District Water Supply Commission

Quabbin Reservoir removal files, 1927-1940.

1 record center carton and 1 document box
Call no.: EN4.06/309X

Scope and Content: The Metropolitan District Water Supply Commission was created for the purpose of extending and increasing the water supply to the Massachusetts metropolitan water system (St 1926, c 375).  The commission was authorized to purchase or take land in the watersheds of the Swift and Ware rivers to develop the Quabbin Reservoir.  This included disinterment, transfer, and reburial from cemeteries in the areas to be flooded to the Quabbin Park Cemetery and other locations.  This series consists of records documenting the removal of the deceased from their original gravesites.
Arrangement: In four subseries: (1) Grave records (2) General removals (3) Cemetery removal records (4) Removal files; Arranged within each subseries by cemetery name
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