1938, Massachusetts disincorporated four Swift River towns for Quabbin Reservoir; 88 years later, Dana Common still preserves cellar holes above Boston’s water source

In 1939, rising waters began to cover a valley that had been home to generations of Massachusetts families. Four towns, Dana, Enfield, Greenwich and Prescott, had been cleared to make way for the Quabbin Reservoir, a vast new water source for Boston.

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