Cochituate Aqueduct, Brookline Reservoir Gatehouse, Boylston & Warren Streets, Brookline, Norfolk County, MA
Summary
Significance: The Cochituate Aqueduct was Boston's first major water supply conduit. Completed in 1848, the 15-mile conduit from Lake Cochituate to the Brookline Reservoir was linked to cast iron pipes at this gatehouse. Of all the surviving structures on the aqueduct, the gatehouse was the most architecturally elaborate. Granite quoins, a heavy belt course, and a gable pediment frame the two-story street facade of the granite ashlar building.
Survey number: HAER MA-32
Building/structure dates: 1848 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Jervis, John B
Chesborough, E S
Parker, Charles
Clement, Dan, transmitter
Lowe, Jet, photographer
Stott, Peter, historian
Metropolitan Water Works Museum
Brookline Preservation Commission
Location
Brookline, 42.32259, -71.13847
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html