Water works, Baldwin’s Pond

Photograph

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Wayland Museum

Name/Title

Water works, Baldwin’s Pond

Entry/Object ID

ph-50-445-n

Description

Waterworks - pounding the pipe into the ground (note the heavy block over the pipe and the tackle that allowed the men to pull the block up and drop with a force to push the pipe into the ground, saving the men's muscles) at Baldwin’s Pond. J.J. Ducey Company of Framingham, MA was awarded the contract to extend the water system in the north end of Wayland in 1930

Collection

W. H. Folsom Shoebox Collection

Cataloged By

Gardner-Westcott, Kay

Category

Folsom Negatives

Acquisition

Notes

(these were discovered in an old shoe box in the closet off the Stone Room, next to Willie’s shed in 1983)

Made/Created

Artist

Folsom, Wallace Herbert

Lexicon

Search Terms

Folsom, Wallace Herbert, (1884-1954) -- Photographer Ducey, James Joseph (1887-1975) -- Civil Engineer Waterworks -- Installation Wayland, (Mass.)

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

E-5(a)

Dimensions

Height

2-1/2 in

Width

4-1/4 in

General Notes

Note

[Total 761 negatives from original shoebox of Folsom negatives]