It's not that far away from here, either.
"Photographer evokes Quabbin's wonders, lost memories" by Richard Duckett TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
At 12:01 a.m. April 28, 1938, the Central/Western Massachusetts towns of Dana, Enfield, Greenwich and Prescott were officially “dis-incorporated” — or ceased to exist to make way for the Quabbin Reservoir.
The towns, all of which at one point had celebrated their centennials and been multi-generational homes for many families, were flooded after their buildings were dismantled.
All so Boston could have drinking water.
Seventy-five years later, however, some things could be said to live on in the Swift River Valley area....
James M. Hunt of Worcester, whose photo exhibit, “Quabbin Memories, Boston's Water,” opened this week at the Worcester Jewish Community Center....
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UPDATE: FBI, State Police investigate 7 recent grads in Quabbin Reservoir trespassing
What were "TERRORISTS" doing at the Quabbin, attempting to POISON BOSTON'S WATER SUPPLY?
Yeah, NO MORE STUDENT VISAS, not after the Marathon.
