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Early Documents Relating to Boston's Water Supply (1834-1888)
Cochituate Water Board — Annual Reports (1850-1876)
Boston Water Board — Annual Reports (1877-1896)
Boston Water Commissioner — Annual Reports (1896-1911)
Boston Public Works Department (1912-1976)
Boston Water and Sewer Commission — Annual Reports (1977 to date)
Miscellaneous BWSC Documents
Early
Documents Relating to Boston's Water Supply
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Report on the subject of introducing pure water into the city of Boston
(1834)
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Report of committee appointed to inquire into possible water sources for the city
(1836)
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Report
of the commissioners appointed under an order of the City council, of March
16, 1837, to devise a plan for supplying the city of Boston with pure water
(1837)
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Pure
water (1838)
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Papers relating to the introduction of pure water
(1838)
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Address
of the mayor to the City Council of Boston, January 7, 1839 (1839)
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Soft
water (1839)
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Statement
of evidence before the Committee of the Legislature, at the session of 1839,
on the petition of the city of Boston, for the introduction of pure soft
water (1839)
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Thoughts
about water (1844)
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Report
of the commissioners appointed under the order of the City Council, August
26, 1844 : to report the best mode and expense of bringing the water of Long
Pond into the city of Boston (1844)
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A plea for pure water : being a letter to Henry Williams, Esq
(1844)
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Petition
of the stockholders of Spot Pond Aqueduct Company : August 18, 1845,
referred to Aldermen Ayer, Perkins and Shipley, and ordered that one hundred
copies be printed (1845)
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Arguments
and statements addressed to the members of the Legislature : in relation to
the petition of the city of Boston for power to bring into the city the
water of Long Pond (1845)
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Remarks
on the present project of the city government for supplying the inhabitants
of Boston with pure soft water. (1845)
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Proceedings
before a joint special committee of the Massachusetts legislature, upon the
petition of the city of Boston, for leave to introduce a supply of pure
water into that city, from Long Pond, February and March, 1845 (1845)
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Argument
on behalf of Joseph Tilden and others, remonstrants, on the hearing of the
petition of the mayor of the city of Boston : on behalf of the City Council,
for a grant of the requisite powers to construct an aqueduct from Long Pond
to the city, before a Joint Special Committee of the Massachusetts
Legislature, March VI, MDCCCXLV (1845)
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Further
remarks on supplying the city of Boston with pure water : in answer mainly
to Inquiry into the best mode of supplying the city of Boston with water for
domestic purposes, etc. (1845) Second
edition
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A
review of the report of the water commissioners of 1845; : with an
examination of some of its statements and estimates (1846)
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Main
Drainage Works of the City of Boston (1885 edition)
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Main
Drainage Works of the City of Boston (1888 edition)
Cochituate Water Board — Annual Reports
Boston Water Board — Annual Reports
Boston Water Commissioner — Annual Reports
In 1911, the Water Department merged with the Engineering and
Street Departments to create the Public
Works Department.
In 1977, the Boston Water and Sewer Commission was established
to handle said functions distinct from the Public Works Department
Boston Water and Sewer Commission — Annual Reports
Miscellaneous BWSC Documents
