The Lost Towns of Quabbin Valley

by Elizabeth Peirce

Book Overview

The Lost Towns of the Quabbin Valley highlights the life and times of these towns from 1754 to 1938, when the inhabitants were told, All Must Leave.

The Quabbin Reservoir in central Massachusetts was created in 1938 to supply the state's growing population with a source of drinking water. In order to create the reservoir, it was necessary to dam three branches of the Swift River, and to flood the valley which was home to five...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738512192
• ISBN13: 9780738512198
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.5" x 9.3"