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Quabbin Reservoir

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The Quabbin Reservoir is the largest inland body of water in Massachusetts, and was built between 1930 and 1939. [1]

68 relations: Belchertown, Massachusetts, Bill Weld, Body of water, Boston, Boston and Albany Railroad, Chicopee River, Chicopee Valley Aqueduct, Chicopee, Massachusetts, Cochituate Aqueduct, Connecticut, Connecticut River, Dana, Massachusetts, Department of Conservation and Recreation, Dreamcatcher (2003 film), Dreamcatcher (novel), Enfield, Massachusetts, Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory, Framingham, Massachusetts, Frank E. Winsor, Franklin County, Massachusetts, Goodnough Dike, Greater Boston, Greenwich, Massachusetts, H. P. Lovecraft, Hampshire College, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, Hanscom Air Force Base, Hardwick, Massachusetts, Lake Cochituate, Massachusetts, Massachusetts General Court, Massachusetts Route 109, Massachusetts Route 21, Massachusetts Route 32, Massachusetts Route 9, Massachusetts State House, Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, Mountain pass, Nashua River, Natick, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Salem, Massachusetts, Pelham, Massachusetts, Petersham, Massachusetts, Prescott, Massachusetts, Quabbin Aqueduct, Quabbin Reservoir Precision Bombing and Gunnery Range, Quabbin–Swift River Valley, Reservoir, Rhode Island, ..., Scituate Reservoir, Shutesbury, Massachusetts, South Hadley, Massachusetts, The Colour Out of Space, U.S. Route 202, United States Secretary of War, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Wachusett Reservoir, Ware River, Ware River Diversion, Ware, Massachusetts, Wayland, Massachusetts, WBUR-FM, Westover Air Reserve Base, Wilbraham, Massachusetts, Winsor Dam, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Worcester, Massachusetts. Expand index (18 more) »

Belchertown, Massachusetts

Belchertown (previously known as Cold Spring and Belcher's Town) is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Bill Weld

William Floyd Weld (born July 31, 1945) is an American attorney, businessman, and politician who was the 68th Governor of Massachusetts from 1991 to 1997.

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Body of water

A body of water or waterbody (often spelled water body) is any significant accumulation of water, generally on a planet's surface.

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Boston

Boston is the capital city and most populous municipality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Boston and Albany Railroad

The Boston and Albany Railroad was a railroad connecting Boston, Massachusetts to Albany, New York, later becoming part of the New York Central Railroad system, Conrail, and CSX Transportation.

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Chicopee River

The Chicopee River is an U.S. Geological Survey.

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Chicopee Valley Aqueduct

The Chicopee Valley Aqueduct carries water from the Quabbin Reservoir in Massachusetts to the Chicopee city line.

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Chicopee, Massachusetts

Chicopee is a city located on the Connecticut River in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

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Cochituate Aqueduct

The Cochituate Aqueduct was an aqueduct in Massachusetts that brought water to Boston from 1848 to 1951.

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Connecticut

Connecticut is the southernmost state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Connecticut River

The Connecticut River is the longest river in the New England region of the United States, flowing roughly southward for through four states.

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Dana, Massachusetts

Dana was a town located in Worcester County, Massachusetts.

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Department of Conservation and Recreation

The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) is a state agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, situated in the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.

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Dreamcatcher (2003 film)

Dreamcatcher is a 2003 American science fiction horror film based on Stephen King's novel of the same name.

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Dreamcatcher (novel)

Dreamcatcher (2001) is a novel by American writer Stephen King, featuring elements of body horror, suspense and alien invasion.

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Enfield, Massachusetts

Enfield was a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts.

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Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory

The Five College Radio Astronomical Observatory (FCRAO) was a radio astronomy observatory located on a peninsula in the Quabbin Reservoir.

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Framingham, Massachusetts

Framingham is a city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Frank E. Winsor

Frank E. Winsor, civil engineer, was the chief engineer for the Boston Metropolitan District Water Supply Commission, now the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, from 1926 until his death in 1939 and was closely involved in the design and construction of Winsor Dam and Goodnough Dike which were built by the Commission to create the Quabbin Reservoir in Massachusetts.

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Franklin County, Massachusetts

Franklin County is a nongovernmental county located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.

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Goodnough Dike

The Goodnough Dike (actually a dam) is on the southeastern end of the Quabbin Reservoir, the largest water body in Massachusetts.

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Greater Boston

Greater Boston is the metropolitan region of New England encompassing the municipality of Boston, the capital of the U.S. state of Massachusetts, and the most populous city in New England, as well as its surrounding areas.

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Greenwich, Massachusetts

Greenwich (pronounced "green-witch") was a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts.

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H. P. Lovecraft

Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American writer who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction.

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Hampshire College

Hampshire College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts.

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Hampshire County, Massachusetts

Hampshire County is a historical and judicial county located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.

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Hanscom Air Force Base

Hanscom Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force base located predominantly within Bedford, Massachusetts, with portions extending into the adjoining towns of Lincoln, Concord and Lexington.

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Hardwick, Massachusetts

Hardwick is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States, about west of the city of Worcester.

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Lake Cochituate

Lake Cochituate is a body of water in Natick, Wayland, and Framingham, Massachusetts, United States.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts, officially known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Massachusetts General Court

The Massachusetts General Court (formally styled the General Court of Massachusetts) is the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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Massachusetts Route 109

Route 109 is a state highway in eastern Massachusetts.

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Massachusetts Route 21

Route 21 is a south–north state highway in Massachusetts that runs between Springfield and Belchertown.

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Massachusetts Route 32

Massachusetts Route 32 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.

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Massachusetts Route 9

Route 9 is a major east–west state highway in Massachusetts.

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Massachusetts State House

1827 drawing by Alexander Jackson Davis The Massachusetts State House, also known as the Massachusetts Statehouse or the New State House, is the state capitol and seat of government for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, located in the Beacon Hill/Downtown neighborhood of Boston.

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Massachusetts Water Resources Authority

The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) is a public authority in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that provides wholesale drinking water and sewage services to certain municipalities and industrial users in the state, primarily in the Boston area.

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Mountain pass

A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge.

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Nashua River

The Nashua River, long,U.S. Geological Survey.

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Natick, Massachusetts

Natick is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.

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New Hampshire

New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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New Salem, Massachusetts

New Salem is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Pelham, Massachusetts

Pelham is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Petersham, Massachusetts

Petersham (pronounced "Peter Sam") is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Prescott, Massachusetts

Prescott was a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts.

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Quabbin Aqueduct

The Quabbin Aqueduct carries water from the Quabbin Reservoir to the Wachusett Reservoir.

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Quabbin Reservoir Precision Bombing and Gunnery Range

The Quabbin Reservoir Precision Bombing and Gunnery Range was a former Army Air Force and later United States Air Force bomb and gunnery range.

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Quabbin–Swift River Valley

The Quabbin Valley is a region of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Reservoir

A reservoir (from French réservoir – a "tank") is a storage space for fluids.

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Rhode Island

Rhode Island, officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States.

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Scituate Reservoir

The Scituate Reservoir is the largest inland body of water in the state of Rhode Island.

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Shutesbury, Massachusetts

Shutesbury is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States.

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South Hadley, Massachusetts

South Hadley is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States.

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The Colour Out of Space

"The Colour Out of Space" is a science fiction/horror short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written in March 1927.

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U.S. Route 202

U.S. Route 202 (US 202) is a highway stretching from Delaware to Maine, also passing through the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.

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United States Secretary of War

The Secretary of War was a member of the United States President's Cabinet, beginning with George Washington's administration.

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University of Massachusetts Amherst

The University of Massachusetts Amherst (abbreviated UMass Amherst and colloquially referred to as UMass or Massachusetts) is a public research and land-grant university in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States, and the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts system.

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Wachusett Reservoir

The Wachusett Reservoir is the second largest body of water in the state of Massachusetts.

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Ware River

The Ware River is a U.S. Geological Survey.

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Ware River Diversion

The Ware River Diversion is a dam on the Ware River.

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Ware, Massachusetts

Ware is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Wayland, Massachusetts

Wayland is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.

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WBUR-FM

WBUR-FM (90.9 FM) is a public radio station located in Boston, Massachusetts, owned by Boston University.

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Westover Air Reserve Base

Westover Air Reserve Base is an Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) installation located in the Massachusetts communities of Chicopee and Ludlow, near the city of Springfield, Massachusetts.

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Wilbraham, Massachusetts

Wilbraham is a town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Winsor Dam

The Winsor Dam and the Goodnough Dike impound the waters of the Swift River and the Ware River Diversion forming the Quabbin Reservoir, the largest water body in Massachusetts.

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Worcester County, Massachusetts

Worcester County is a county located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.

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Worcester, Massachusetts

Worcester is a city and the county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quabbin_Reservoir

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