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CHESTNUT HILL PUMPING STATION
Brookline, Massachusetts

Photographed, February, 2008

 The High Service Pumping Station, constructed in 1887, was designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque style by Arthur Vinal, City Architect. An 1897-1898 addition was by Wheelwright & Haven, Architects. Massive pumps inside the building provided water to newly annexed parts of Boston, located at higher elevations, and sent water to the Fisher Hill Reservoir in Brookline.  Source: Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation.
(1) Wide View of 1887 High Service Pumping Station interior showing the main steam engine with the pumps visible to the left.  The equipment is no longer in use.

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