Scope and Content: As part of its function to design, construct, maintain, and operate a Metropolitan Water Works system, and specifically the Wachusett Dam, as authorized by St 1895, c 488, the Metropolitan Water Board (1895-1901), between 1898-1900, through its Chief Engineer, Frederic P. Stearns (1851-1919), and its engineering force, undertook a study of all masonry dams constructed and under construction throughout the world in preparation for the design of the Wachusett Dam, Clinton, for the Wachusett Reservoir. Chief Engineer Stearns collected photographic prints of many of these dams. Series includes original mounted photographic prints (26, plus one halftone) of selected masonry dams worldwide, and two internal compilations describing these dams, and other masonry and earth dams not photographically pictured in this collection. Series also includes engineering profiles of dams around the world.
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