Framingham Reservoir No. 3 Dam and Gatehouse

Framingham, United States

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Built between 1876 and 1878 in Framingham, Massachusetts, the Framingham Reservoir No. 3 Dam and Gatehouse is a historic waterworks facility constructed to expand Boston's public water supply. Designed by Boston city architect George Albert Clough, the gatehouse exemplifies the Richardsonian Romanesque style with its granite construction, rectangular main block, steeply pitched slate roof, and capped cupola. The massive embankment dam extends 2,280 feet and impounds 253 acres in the Sudbury River watershed, its core built from granite rubble laid in cement with a 100-foot granite-lined overfall area. The gatehouse, built by Benjamin Dewing of Boston, houses controls for two 4-foot mains that directed water either downstream to Reservoir No. 1 or through the Sudbury Aqueduct. The largest of the three Framingham reservoirs, it proved superior in water quality and remained in regular service throughout its active period. The dam and gatehouse were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 and continue to function as an emergency water source.