Historic Photos Show Life in Towns Flooded for the Quabbin Reservoir

Published April 26, 2022 • Updated on April 28, 2022 at 3:25 pm

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Photos showing the people and life in the four Massachusetts towns that were ultimately flooded for the Quabbin Reservoir.

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Photos showing the people and life in the four Massachusetts towns that were ultimately flooded for the Quabbin Reservoir.

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Photos showing the people and life in the four Massachusetts towns that were ultimately flooded for the Quabbin Reservoir.

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Alfred Burgin, garage, Quabbin Lake, Greenwich, Mass., June 28, 1928

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Ada M. Vaughn, house, Greenwich Village, Greenwich, Mass., Aug. 14, 1928

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