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Newton Park and Conservation Lands
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Cochituate and Sudbury Aqueducts |
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LOCATION: Run
from Charles River on the west, through Newton, and on to
Boston.
Map (large
file)
Map
(smaller file, lower resolution)
Buy a trail guide
ADMINISTERED BY: City
of Newton and the MWRA
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FEATURES:
You can walk an
8 mile circuit within Newton on both aqueducts. Or, you can take a 5 mile walk (returning by MBTA) from Waban to Chestnut Hill that begins on the Cochituate Aqueduct.
Cochituate Aqueduct Linear Open Space
Enters Quinobequin Road area in Waban at the
foot of Varick Road, after crossing the Charles River from Wellesley
over a low stone bridge. The public path runs through Waban, Cold
Spring Park, Newton Highlands, and Newton Center playground
before it disappears in a tunnel through Waban Hill.
Sudbury Aqueduct Linear Open Space
Enters Newton Upper Falls over Echo Bridge across
the Charles River in Hemlock Gorge Reservation.
Nearly joins Cochituate Aqueduct near Cold
Spring Park, and disappears into a tunnel at Gray Cliff Road
in Newton Center.
HISTORY:
Cochituate
| 1846-1848 |
Built to bring
water to Boston's Chestnut Hill Reservoir from Lake
Cochituate. |
| 1952 |
City of Newton
purchased aqueduct for sewer lines. |
Sudbury
| 1867-1876 |
Built to bring
water to Boston from the
Sudbury Reservoir. |
| 1978 |
Completion of
Dorchester
Tunnel allowed use of Sudbury Aqueduct to be discontinued.
Aqueduct maintained by MWRA as backup source of water. |
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Exploring Newton's Historic Aqueducts (from the Spring 2006 Newsletter)
Why We Care About Newton's Aqueducts
Boston Globe article
Wikipedia:
Cochituate Aqueduct
Sudbury Aqueduct
History of the aqueducts 1993 art installation
Photographs
of Cochituate Aqueduct.
Photographs
of Sudbury Aqueduct.
Environmental Show video
MySecretBoston.com
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