First-Nineteenth annual report of the Metropolitan water and sewerage board ..1901-1919 . ts have been accom-plished. This reservoir is in the form of a rectangle, about 340 feetlong and 160 feet wide at the high-water line, with sloping sides,both bottom and sides being covered with concrete. The area ofwater surface is acres, the depth of the water when full is 17feet, and it has a capacity exceeding 5,000,000 gallons. The steel standpipe erected in connection with the reservoir wasfinished in the year 1900, and the construction of a masonry towerencircling the standpipe was begun durin
First-Nineteenth annual report of the Metropolitan water and sewerage board ..1901-1919 . ts have been accom-plished. This reservoir is in the form of a rectangle, about 340 feetlong and 160 feet wide at the high-water line, with sloping sides,both bottom and sides being covered with concrete. The area ofwater surface is acres, the depth of the water when full is 17feet, and it has a capacity exceeding 5,000,000 gallons. The steel standpipe erected in connection with the reservoir wasfinished in the year 1900, and the construction of a masonry towerencircling the standpipe was begun during the current year, but,owing to delay in obtaining necessary granite, its completion hasbeen delayed, but it will be finished early in the coming completed, the tower will be provided with an observationroof to be reached by a spiral staircase. The tow^er will be 46 feetin diametei- at the base and 75 feet high; and its roof, which will,in accordance with the agreement made with the city of Quincy, beopen to visitors, will command a view of the country for many No. 57.] AND SEWERAGE BOARD. 13 (5) Stoneham Pipe Lines and Bear Hill Reservoir. The agreement made with the town of Stoneham, upon its admis-sion into the District, required the laying of pipe lines in order tomake connection w^ith the water system of the town : and also thebuilding of a reservoir on Bear Hill in the Middlesex Fells, in orderto furnish water at a greater pressure for the town than would besupplied by the Fells Reservoir. Accordingly, a pipe has beenlaid from the Spot Pond pumping station around the northeasterlyend of Spot Pond to the junction of Main and South streets inStoneham, and thence one branch laid to the Bear Hill Reservoirand another to Stoneham Square to a connection with the main pipeof the town. The entire length of pipe line laid was 12,216 line to Stoneham Square was completed and the town of Stone-ham supplied with water on October 21. The building of t
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