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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, western shore near Hub Hill (Storm Shore); verso, "from boat; a characteristic shore line of much of the region; note small size of trees and the abundance of waterline vegetation; the leafy thatch is seen to be broken in pieces; a rise of water would produce a . . .", Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, looking towards Lark Meadows from Cranberry Cove [Hammer Neck?] (Lark Meadows from southeast); verso, "from boat; shows poor bushy maples on the shore, and the open meadows beyond toward the highway; a rise of water would make a quick healing scar; the underbrush which is remarkably dense is well shown", Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, looking towards Lark Meadows from Cranberry Cove [Hammer Neck?] (Lark Meadows from southeast); verso, "from boat; shows the line of fine trees on the edge of extensive fields; elevation of the bases of these trees is 1.5 - 2 feet. The dyke should keep outside the line of trees if possible", Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, pine grove, eastern shore, south of Old Pepe's Cove (interior of Bullet Point); verso, "elevation of camera is about 4 feet; the picture is not tipped", Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, Hammer Neck / Deacon's Point (Hammer Neck); verso, "from boat; shows half of the fine trees on the point; the pasture or orchard land beyond the waterscreen is plainly to be seen; this is not a characteristic view of the western shore of Spot Pond; it is an echo . . .", Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, Pond Street shore, northwest of Old Pepe's Cove; verso, "from boat; shows part of the long line of shore drive; note the height of vegetation across the street above the level of the road; a place where a rise of 6 feet would work little injury", Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, south side of Old Pepe's Cove, old gravel pit; verso, "taken from shore; shows a gravel bank which would be reached by a rise of 4 feet in water level; this gravel bank is only slightly screened at present by rapidly growing willows and elms on the shore", Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, eastern shore, Stone House Point (south of Old Pepe's Cove); verso, "from the point of land; elevation of camera 3 feet, 9 inches; note beautiful overhang; removal of these trees exposes a cultivated field", Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, Double Ditch Rock area or Thrumb Cap (Bold Point); verso, "from boat; toward Bear Hill; note the elevation of 5 feet on the rock; elevation of camera is 3.5 feet", Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, old Medford Pumping Station area (south shore, between Pickerel Rock and Hadley Cove) (Mortar Cove); verso, "from a rock on the shore; the placard on the tree in the middle of the picture has an elevation of 6 feet; the elevation of camera = 2 feet; the changes produced by a new water level . . .", Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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massachusetts executive office of energy and environmental affairs massachusetts archives waterworks reservoirs water distribution structures general views mortar cove massachusetts middlesex county stoneham photographic prints arthur a arthur asahel shurcliff 1870 1957 low service spot pond reservoir shore elevation pickerel rock hadley cove distribution department station area rock water level digitalcommonwealth high resolution metropolitan district commission water division metropolitan water works photograph collection 1876 1930 park pond