Metropolitan Waterworks Museum

Metropolitan Waterworks Museum

Director	Eric Peterson
Owner	Metropolitan Waterworks Museum Inc.
Public transit access	Green Line (D branch) Reservoir or Chestnut Hill
Website	waterworksmuseum.org
Interactive map highlighting the location of the museum
Location	2450 Beacon Street, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, US
Architect	Arthur H. Vinal
Architectural style(s)	Richardsonian Romanesque
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Official name: Chestnut Hill High Service Pumping Station
Designated	January 18, 1990
Part of	Chestnut Hill Reservoir Historic District
Reference no.	89002271

The Waterworks Museum is a museum in the Chestnut Hill Waterworks building.

It used to be a pumping station of the Boston Metropolitan Waterworks^[1] and it pumped up to a hundred million gallons of water each day.^[2]

References

1. Burkett, Meisha Hunter (18 October 2019). "Silent and Unseen: Stewardship of Water Infrastructural Heritage". Adaptive Strategies for Water Heritage: 20–39. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-00268-8_2. ISBN 978-3-030-00267-1. The former Metropolitan Waterworks' high-service pumping station in Boston (originated by Arthur Vinal, 1885–1887 and expanded by Edmund Wheelwright, 1897–98) was recently opened as the Waterworks Museum.
2. Olia, Maria (2019-05-01). No Access Boston: Beantown's Hidden Treasures, Haunts, and Forgotten Places. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781493035946.