Category: Industrial Era

Grange Hall Prescott, Mass., Feb. 15, 1928

History of Prescott, Massachusetts

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

Quabbin Lake in Greenwich, Mass. Photo published in the Boston Transcript on May 5, 1926.

History of Greenwich, Massachusetts

Greenwich, Massachusetts, was a town in the Swift River Valley that was lost when the town was submerged due to the Quabbin Reservoir project. On January 14, 1746, the General… Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »