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Quincy Water Company Pumping Station

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Built
  
1883

NRHP Reference #
  
89001361

Area
  
2,800 m²

Added to NRHP
  
20 September 1989

MPS
  
Quincy MRA

Opened
  
1883

Architectural style
  
Italianate architecture

Quincy Water Company Pumping Station

Location
  
106 Penn St., Quincy, Massachusetts

Similar
  
Dorothy Quincy Homestead, Hancock Cemetery, Blue Hills Reservation, John Quincy Adams Bi, John Adams Birthplace

Quincy Water Company Pumping Station was a historic pumping station at 106 Penn Street in Quincy, Massachusetts. The two-story brick Italianate building was built in 1883 to meet the demand of Quincy's growing population for water. In addition to the pumping facilities, the building house offices and an apartment for the superintendent. Its use as a pumping station was discontinued in 1899 after Quincy joined with what is now called the MWRA.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. It has since been demolished.

References

Quincy Water Company Pumping Station Wikipedia


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