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Water Works Distribution Dept. engineer’s reports to chief engineer [Massachusetts Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board]

Part of: Massachusetts Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board

Water Works Distribution Dept. engineer's reports to chief engineer, 1895-1907 (Bulk: 1899-1907).

4 volumes (partial record center carton)
Call no.: EN4.07/2107X

Scope and Content: Massachusetts has administered water works and sewage disposal for the Boston metropolitan area successively through the Board of Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners (Metropolitan Sewerage Commission) (1889-1901) and the Metropolitan Water Board (1895-1901); the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board (1901-1919); and the Water and Sewerage Divisions of the Metropolitan District Commission (1919-1985).  Since 1985, the sewerage works functions have been assigned to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA), and the water works functions have been shared by the MWRA (distribution) and the Metropolitan District Commission (to 2003) and the Dept.  of Conservation and Recreation (since 2003) (water supply reservoirs and their watershed management).
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Transferred to Archives from Metropolitan District Commission
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Water Works Distribution Dept. general reports to chief engineer [Massachusetts Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board]

Part of: Massachusetts Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board

Water Works Distribution Dept. general reports to chief engineer, 1895-1905.

2 volumes (partial record center carton)
Call no.: EN4.07/2106X

Scope and Content: Massachusetts has administered water works and sewage disposal for the Boston metropolitan area successively through the Board of Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners (Metropolitan Sewerage Commission) (1889-1901) and the Metropolitan Water Board (1895-1901); the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board (1901-1919); and the Water and Sewerage Divisions of the Metropolitan District Commission (1919-1985).  Since 1985, the sewerage works functions have been assigned to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA), and the water works functions have been shared by the MWRA (distribution) and the Metropolitan District Commission (to 2003) and the Dept.  of Conservation and Recreation (since 2003) (water supply reservoirs and their watershed management).
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Transferred to Archives from Metropolitan District Commission
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Water Works employee history cards [Massachusetts Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board]

Part of: Massachusetts Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board

Water Works employee history cards, 1895-1919, 1931.

1 record center carton
Call no.: EN4.07/2123X

Scope and Content: Massachusetts has administered water works and sewage disposal for the Boston metropolitan area successively through the Board of Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners (Metropolitan Sewerage Commission) (1889-1901) and the Metropolitan Water Board (1895-1901); the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board (1901-1919); and the Water and Sewerage Divisions of the Metropolitan District Commission (1919-1985).  Since 1985, the sewerage works functions have been assigned to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA), and the water works functions have been shared by the MWRA (distribution) and the Metropolitan District Commission (to 2003) and the Dept.  of Conservation and Recreation (since 2003) (water supply reservoirs and their watershed management).
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by surname
Restrictions: Personnel information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 4, s 7, d 26(c) and c 66A. For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: Transferred to Archives from Metropolitan District Commission
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Restrictions: Personnel information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 4, s 7, d 26(c) and c 66A. For conditions of access consult repository

Water Works Engineering Office Force general reports to chief engineer [Massachusetts Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board]

Part of: Massachusetts Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board

Water Works Engineering Office Force general reports to chief engineer, 1895-1905.

2 volumes (partial record center carton)
Call no.: EN4.07/2105X

Scope and Content: Massachusetts has administered water works and sewage disposal for the Boston metropolitan area successively through the Board of Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners (Metropolitan Sewerage Commission) (1889-1901) and the Metropolitan Water Board (1895-1901); the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board (1901-1919); and the Water and Sewerage Divisions of the Metropolitan District Commission (1919-1985).  Since 1985, the sewerage works functions have been assigned to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA), and the water works functions have been shared by the MWRA (distribution) and the Metropolitan District Commission (to 2003) and the Dept.  of Conservation and Recreation (since 2003) (water supply reservoirs and their watershed management).
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Transferred to Archives from Metropolitan District Commission
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Water Works force accounts [Massachusetts Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board]

Part of: Massachusetts Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board

Water Works force accounts, 1896-1919.

220 volumes in 4 record center cartons
Call no.: EN4.07/2113X

Scope and Content: Massachusetts has administered water works and sewage disposal for the Boston metropolitan area successively through the Board of Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners (Metropolitan Sewerage Commission) (1889-1901) and the Metropolitan Water Board (1895-1901); the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board (1901-1919); and the Water and Sewerage Divisions of the Metropolitan District Commission (1919-1985).  Since 1985, the sewerage works functions have been assigned to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA), and the water works functions have been shared by the MWRA (distribution) and the Metropolitan District Commission (to 2003) and the Dept.  of Conservation and Recreation (since 2003) (water supply reservoirs and their watershed management).
Arrangement: In two subseries: (1) General force accounts, 1896-1919 (2) Force accounts and diaries for Wachusett Dam, 1899-1905; Arranged within each subseries chronologically
Notes: Transferred to Archives from Metropolitan District Commission
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Water Works permit requests, claims, and complaints [Massachusetts Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board]

Part of: Massachusetts Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board

Water Works permit requests, claims, and complaints, 1896-1903.

3 file folders (partial record center carton)
Call no.: EN4.07/2117X

Scope and Content: Massachusetts has administered water works and sewage disposal for the Boston metropolitan area successively through the Board of Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners (Metropolitan Sewerage Commission) (1889-1901) and the Metropolitan Water Board (1895-1901); the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board (1901-1919); and the Water and Sewerage Divisions of the Metropolitan District Commission (1919-1985).  Since 1985, the sewerage works functions have been assigned to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA), and the water works functions have been shared by the MWRA (distribution) and the Metropolitan District Commission (to 2003) and the Dept.  of Conservation and Recreation (since 2003) (water supply reservoirs and their watershed management).
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by surname or town/company name
Notes: Transferred to Archives from Metropolitan District Commission
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Water Works Reservoir Dept. general reports to chief engineer [Massachusetts Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board]

Part of: Massachusetts Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board

Water Works Reservoir Dept. general reports to chief engineer, 1896-1905.

2 volumes (partial record center carton)
Call no.: EN4.07/2111X

Scope and Content: Massachusetts has administered water works and sewage disposal for the Boston metropolitan area successively through the Board of Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners (Metropolitan Sewerage Commission) (1889-1901) and the Metropolitan Water Board (1895-1901); the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board (1901-1919); and the Water and Sewerage Divisions of the Metropolitan District Commission (1919-1985). Since 1985, the sewerage works functions have been assigned to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA), and the water works functions have been shared by the MWRA (distribution) and the Metropolitan District Commission (to 2003) and the Dept.  of Conservation and Recreation (since 2003) (water supply reservoirs and their watershed management). –As part of its function to construct, maintain, and operate a metropolitan water supply system, the Metropolitan Water Board (1895-1901), in 1896 established a Reservoir Dept. to coordinate the engineering work of the construction of the reservoir built upon the Nashua River, Clinton (Wachusett). Under the board’s successor, the Water Works of the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board (1901-1919), the department merged into the Dam and Aqueduct Dept. in 1904/05 and was renamed the Dam and Reservoir Dept.. Prior to the establishment of the Reservoir Dept., the Water Board’s Aqueduct Dept. also coordinated the engineering work for the Nashua (Wachusett) Reservoir and its dam.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Transferred to Archives from Metropolitan District Commission
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Water Works Sudbury Dept. engineer’s outgoing correspondence [Massachusetts Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board]

Part of: Massachusetts Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board

Water Works Sudbury Dept. engineer's outgoing correspondence, 1896-1904.

8 volumes in 1 record center carton
Call no.: EN4.07/2098X

Scope and Content: Massachusetts has administered water works and sewage disposal for the Boston metropolitan area successively through the Board of Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners (Metropolitan Sewerage Commission) (1889-1901) and the Metropolitan Water Board (1895-1901); the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board (1901-1919); and the Water and Sewerage Divisions of the Metropolitan District Commission (1919-1985).  Since 1985, the sewerage works functions have been assigned to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA), and the water works functions have been shared by the MWRA (distribution) and the Metropolitan District Commission (to 2003) and the Dept.  of Conservation and Recreation (since 2003) (water supply reservoirs and their watershed management). –As part of its function to construct, maintain, and operate a metropolitan water supply system, the Water Works of the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board (1901-1919) and its predecessor the Metropolitan Water Board (1895-1901), included a Sudbury Dept. established in 1896 to coordinate the engineering work of the Boston Water Board’s (1875-1895) unfinished Reservoir No. 5 and its dam (named Sudbury Reservoir and Dam) near the village of Fayville in the town of Southborough along the Stony Brook Branch of the Sudbury River (St 1895, c 488, s 6). The Boston Water Board had initiated the construction of this reservoir and dam in 1894 (St 1872, c 177; St 1894, c 108). Beginning in Jan. 1898, the metropolitan water works system westward from Chestnut Hill Reservoir of the Boston Water Board was transferred to the Metropolitan Water Board (St 1895, c 488, s 4, 10), and its maintenance was charged to the Sudbury Dept.  In 1904, Dexter Brackett, engineer of the Distribution Dept. and later (1907-1915) chief engineer of the Water Works as a whole, was also placed in charge of the Sudbury Dept.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Transferred to Archives from Metropolitan District Commission
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Water Works Sudbury Dept. general reports to chief engineer [Massachusetts Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board]

Part of: Massachusetts Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board

Water Works Sudbury Dept. general reports to chief engineer, 1896-1903.

3 volumes in 1 record center carton
Call no.: EN4.07/2109X

Scope and Content: Massachusetts has administered water works and sewage disposal for the Boston metropolitan area successively through the Board of Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners (Metropolitan Sewerage Commission) (1889-1901) and the Metropolitan Water Board (1895-1901); the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board (1901-1919); and the Water and Sewerage Divisions of the Metropolitan District Commission (1919-1985).  Since 1985, the sewerage works functions have been assigned to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA), and the water works functions have been shared by the MWRA (distribution) and the Metropolitan District Commission (to 2003) and the Dept.  of Conservation and Recreation (since 2003) (water supply reservoirs and their watershed management).
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Transferred to Archives from Metropolitan District Commission
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Water Works Wachusett Dept. assistant engineer’s correspondence to sanitary inspector [Massachusetts Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board]

Part of: Massachusetts Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board

Water Works Wachusett Dept. assistant engineer's correspondence to sanitary inspector, 1913-1917.

Partial volumes (partial record center carton)
Call no.: EN4.07/2100X

Scope and Content: Massachusetts has administered water works and sewage disposal for the Boston metropolitan area successively through the Board of Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners (Metropolitan Sewerage Commission) (1889-1901) and the Metropolitan Water Board (1895-1901); the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board (1901-1919); and the Water and Sewerage Divisions of the Metropolitan District Commission (1919-1985).  Since 1985, the sewerage works functions have been assigned to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA), and the water works functions have been shared by the MWRA (distribution) and the Metropolitan District Commission (to 2003) and the Dept.  of Conservation and Recreation (since 2003) (water supply reservoirs and their watershed management).
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Transferred to Archives from Metropolitan District Commission
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