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The school and town hall, Dana, Mass., June 11, 1930

History of Dana, Massachusetts

Dana, Massachusetts, was a town in the Swift River Valley that was lost when the town was submerged due to the Quabbin Reservoir project. Dana was originally settled in 1763… Read more »

Industrial Era, Revolutionary Era   
Official town seal of Enfield, Massachusetts

History of Enfield, Massachusetts

Enfield, Massachusetts, was a town in the Swift River Valley that was lost when the town was submerged due to the Quabbin Reservoir project. Enfield was settled by Robert Fields,… Read more »

Industrial Era, Revolutionary Era   
Quabbin Reservoir. Photo by M.H. Bowers, 1985, courtesy Secretary of the Commonwealth William Francis Galvin, Chairman, Massachusetts Historical Commission.

History of the Quabbin Reservoir

The Quabbin Reservoir is a reservoir in Central Massachusetts and is the largest inland body of water in Massachusetts. Completed in 1939, the reservoir holds about 412 billion gallons and… Read more »

Industrial Era   
Williams Court, also known as Pi Alley, in Boston, Mass in 1920

Pi Alley in Boston, Massachusetts

Pi Alley (sometimes misspelled Pie Alley) is a historic alley in Boston, Massachusetts. Located off of Washington Street, the origin of the name is unknown, and it also went by… Read more »

Colonial Era, Industrial Era, Revolutionary Era   
News report about the Ada K. Damon shipwreck. Published in the Newburyport Morning Herald on December 29, 1909.

Ada K. Damon Shipwreck in Ipswich, Massachusetts

The Ada K. Damon was a schooner that shipwrecked in Ipswich, Massachusetts, in 1909. Built in 1875, the ship was an 84-foot-long, two-masted schooner used for fishing and sand transportation…. Read more »

Industrial Era   

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