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    The Quabbin Reservoir is the largest inland body of water in Massachusetts, United States, and was built between 1930 and 1939. Along with the Wachusett...
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    The reservoir is fed by the Quinapoxet and Stillwater rivers, along with the Quabbin Aqueduct, which carries water from the Quabbin Reservoir. It is...
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  • United States. The town was lost as a result of the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir. Incorporated in 1816 from portions of Greenwich and Belchertown....
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    The Quabbin Aqueduct carries water from the Quabbin Reservoir to the Wachusett Reservoir. It is part of the Eastern Massachusetts public water supply system...
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    The Quabbin Valley is a region of Massachusetts in the United States. The region consists of the Quabbin Reservoir and accompanying river systems[which...
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    United States. Dana was lost as a result of the formation of the Quabbin Reservoir. Formed from parts of Petersham, Greenwich, and Hardwick, it was incorporated...
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  • Quabbin may refer to: Quabbin Aqueduct Quabbin Reservoir Quabbin Valley Greenwich, Massachusetts, first organized as Quabbin in 1739 and Quabbin Parrish...
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    of the Quabbin Reservoir in order to supply Boston's growing water needs. Greenwich was established in 1739 as Quabbin, incorporated as Quabbin Parish...
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  • Dana, under Quabbin Reservoir Enfield, under Quabbin Reservoir Greenwich, under Quabbin Reservoir Prescott, partially under Quabbin Reservoir Rawsonville...
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    banks of the western branch of the Quabbin Reservoir, with the lands around that water being part of the Quabbin Reservation. The town is hilly north...
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    end of the Quabbin Reservoir and the Quabbin Reservation. The reservation lands within town include two islands, the former Little Quabbin Hill and Mount...
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  • (FCRAO) was a radio astronomy observatory located on a peninsula in the Quabbin Reservoir. It was sited in the town of New Salem, Massachusetts on land that...
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    disincorporated on April 28, 1938, as part of the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir. It was the least populous of the four unincorporated towns, with...
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    Goodnough Dike (actually a dam) is on the southeastern end of the Quabbin Reservoir, the largest water body in Massachusetts. It impounds the waters of...
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    the Quabbin Reservoir that supplies water to Boston. Also disruption of small towns accompanying flood control projects such as Knightville Reservoir and...
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    needed] The town's lands were expanded greatly by the building of the Quabbin Reservoir in 1938. When the towns of the Swift River Valley were disincorporated...
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    by not having direct routes across the Quabbin). U.S. Route 202, which was rerouted due to the Quabbin Reservoir project along the Daniel Shays Highway...
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  • Winsor Dam and Goodnough Dike built by the Commission to create the Quabbin Reservoir in Massachusetts George McLeod Winsor (1856–1939), British writer...
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    submerged to form Quabbin Reservoir Greenwich, which was submerged to form Quabbin Reservoir Prescott, which was submerged to form Quabbin Reservoir Haywardville...
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    waters of the Swift River and the Ware River Diversion forming the Quabbin Reservoir, the largest water body in Massachusetts. According to the Massachusetts...
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    East Quabbin Land Trust. Retrieved 2023-09-24. Henshaw, Cynthia (2022-10-01). "East Quabbin Land Trust Fall 2022 Newsletter" (PDF). East Quabbin Land...
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  • in the Boston area. The authority receives water from the Quabbin and Wachusett Reservoirs and the Ware River in central and western Massachusetts. For...
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    after slightly larger Long Pond, The Wachusett Reservoir in Clinton, and the much larger Quabbin Reservoir. The average depth is 13 feet (4.0 m) and the...
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  • who is dying of leukemia, informs them Mr. Gray is headed for the Quabbin Reservoir to seed the water with alien larvae. Curtis, realizing the danger...
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    River Valley to form the Quabbin Reservoir serving Boston and Eastern Massachusetts. Several towns were lost when the reservoir was constructed and filled...
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    and Goodnough Dike which were built by the Commission to create the Quabbin Reservoir in Massachusetts. Winsor Dam was named for him. Frank Edward Winsor...
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    1930s, when the Swift River was dammed amid controversy to create the Quabbin Reservoir to meet demand for water in the Boston metropolitan area. Castle Island...
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    on issues of displacement and ecology around the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir. Other current and recent commissions include works for the Seattle...
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    Carrick Island is a small island in the Quabbin Reservoir in Massachusetts, roughly 600 feet (180 m) by 300 feet (91 m). It is part of the Town of Petersham...
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    geography of New Salem benefited greatly from the construction of the Quabbin Reservoir. Prior to its building, New Salem, which has always been the southeastern...
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