Water works & trolley tracks, near Center School

Photograph

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Wayland Museum

Name/Title

Water works & trolley tracks, near Center School

Entry/Object ID

ph-91-129-n

Description

Building the Wayland waterworks, ca.1926. J.J. Ducey Company of Framingham, MA was awarded the contract to extend the water system in the north end of Wayland in 1930. View on Cochituate Road near Center School, Independent Order of Odd Fellows Pequot Lodge. south of Boston Post Road (Rt. 20), next to the First Parish Church, with the tracks of the former trolley line, connecting Cochituate to Wayland Center, still visible. This trolley line was discontinued in 1924.

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

ph-91-129; E-5

Dimensions

Height

2-1/2 in

Width

4-1/4 in

General Notes

Note

[Total 761 negatives from original shoebox of Folsom negatives]