City Councilor Henrietta Davis. Police Commissioner Robert Haas in the background
Cambridge Department of Public Health officer Michael Ginieres and Minka VanBeuzekom
Outside the Cambridge Water Works
Waiting to enter
The terrazzo floor in the lobby depicts the entire Cambridge water system. The water distribution starts at the Cambridge Common, which includes a link to the MWRA, just in case.
Water from Fresh Pond (fed by aquaduct from the Cambridge Reservoir in Waltham) is purified and pumped to the covered Payson Park reservoir in Belmont, which feeds the distribution point at the Cambridge Common
This water column represents the location of the Payson Park reservior. The column is said to react when the water fountain outside is used
There are thirteen bronze manhole covers throughout the City, each with a different water-related image. The locations are indicated on this map. Happy treasure hunting!
The entire art installation inside and outside of the lobby is called "Drawn Water" and is by Mags Harries & Lajos Héder (2001)
Fresh Pond Ranger Jean Rogers
Inside the treatment plant
Robert Winters explains the water system
This painstakingly accurate, hand-painted acyrlic-on-masonite mural is called "Cambridge and Its Watershed" and is by Michele Turre (1983). The finger points to the Payson Park reservoir.
Preparing to continue the ride
In Danehy Park