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Distribution Department, Chestnut Hill Low Service Pumping Station, front, Brighton, Mass., Dec. 3, 1900

Distribution Department, Chestnut Hill Low Service Pumping Station, front, Brighton, Mass., Dec. 3, 1900, December 3, 1900 — waterworks, pumping stations, construction completed. Held by Massachusetts Archives, Massachusetts. Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. Print in album Photographs MWW Distribution Department, Vol. 7; also in Photographs MWW structures of Metropolitan Water Works, Vol. 2.

Document

Type
photograph
Publisher
Massachusetts Archives
Published
1900-12-03
Published, as stated
December 3, 1900
Language
en
Media type
image/jpeg
Size
167140 bytes
Preservation
preserved
Digest (SHA-256)
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Who wrote Distribution Department, Chestnut Hill Low Service Pumping Station, front, Brighton, Mass., Dec. 3, 1900, and who published it?

Massachusetts Archives published it, 1900-12-03.

Attested by: Digital Commonwealth — Massachusetts Collections Online, retrieved 5 September 2026, under No Copyright - United States.

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The Boston Archive holds this record of Distribution Department, Chestnut Hill Low Service Pumping Station, front, Brighton, Mass., Dec. 3, 1900 from Digital Commonwealth — Massachusetts Collections Online, retrieved 5 September 2026, under No Copyright - United States (public domain). 5 recorded transforms stand between the retrieved bytes and this record. Attribution is due to Massachusetts Archives.

Attested by: Digital Commonwealth — Massachusetts Collections Online, retrieved 5 September 2026, under No Copyright - United States.

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Identity

Identifier
urn:lemay:boston:document:distribution-department-chestnut-hill-low-service-pumping-station-front-brighton-mass-dec-3-1900
Canonical URL
https://boston.fyi/document/distribution-department-chestnut-hill-low-service-pumping-station-front-brighton-mass-dec-3-1900
As JSON
https://boston.fyi/document/distribution-department-chestnut-hill-low-service-pumping-station-front-brighton-mass-dec-3-1900.json
Version
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Provenance

Source
Digital Commonwealth — Massachusetts Collections Online — source of record
License
No Copyright - United States (public_domain)
Retrieved
5 September 2026
Source identifier
commonwealth:bc386j84w
Attribution
Massachusetts Archives
Rights as stated
No Copyright - United States — No known copyright restrictions.

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