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Distribution Department, Jamaica Pond Aqueduct log, Boston, Mass., ca. 1890-1899

Distribution Department, Jamaica Pond Aqueduct log, Boston, Mass., ca. 1890-1899, [ca. 1890–1899] — waterworks, pipes (conduits). Held by Massachusetts Archives, Massachusetts. Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.

Document

Type
photograph
Publisher
Massachusetts Archives
Published, as stated
[ca. 1890–1899]
Language
en
Media type
image/jpeg
Size
113756 bytes
Preservation
preserved
Digest (SHA-256)
c6801df60117812cb6eb70e540fdcb51a0d2731bbb3ea9116aff4b9796f199f6

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Who wrote Distribution Department, Jamaica Pond Aqueduct log, Boston, Mass., ca. 1890-1899, and who published it?

Massachusetts Archives published it, [ca. 1890–1899].

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

Does the archive hold Distribution Department, Jamaica Pond Aqueduct log, Boston, Mass., ca. 1890-1899 itself, or only the record of it?

The archive holds the bytes. Their digest, computed on the bytes as retrieved and before any transform, is SHA-256 c6801df60117812cb6eb70e540fdcb51a0d2731bbb3ea9116aff4b9796f199f6. Every retrieval carries that digest in a header, so no consumer has to take the archive's word for what it received.

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

What does the archive hold for Distribution Department, Jamaica Pond Aqueduct log, Boston, Mass., ca. 1890-1899, and under what license?

The Boston Archive holds this record of Distribution Department, Jamaica Pond Aqueduct log, Boston, Mass., ca. 1890-1899 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.

Related records

Identity

Identifier
urn:lemay:boston:document:distribution-department-jamaica-pond-aqueduct-log-boston-mass-ca-1890-1899
Canonical URL
https://boston.fyi/document/distribution-department-jamaica-pond-aqueduct-log-boston-mass-ca-1890-1899
As JSON
https://boston.fyi/document/distribution-department-jamaica-pond-aqueduct-log-boston-mass-ca-1890-1899.json
Version
1 · last changed 5 September 2026

Provenance

Source
Digital Commonwealth — Massachusetts Collections Online — source of record
License
No Copyright - United States (public_domain)
Retrieved
5 September 2026
Source identifier
commonwealth:3484zp61f
Attribution
Massachusetts Archives
Rights as stated
No Copyright - United States — No known copyright restrictions.

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