WATERWORKS. 



BY CHARLES W. S. SEYMOUR. 



The Hingham Water Company, although a private corporation, 

 is so essentially a Hingham institution that the history of the 

 town would be incomplete without an account of the formation of 

 the company and the building of the works, — an undertaking which 

 has resulted in the promotion of the health and consequent hap- 

 piness of the citizens of the town, in the preservation of public and 

 private grounds from the effects of drought, and in the protection 

 of property from destruction by fire. 



ACCORD POND. 



The idea of introducing a supply of pure soft water for domes- 

 tic and other purposes into the town, from Accord Pond, began to 

 impress the minds of some of the progressive citizens of Hing- 

 ham early in the year 1870. At this time Plymouth was the 

 only town in the county that had introduced water, and the 

 success of the works in 'that place greatly encouraged the first 

 movers for a similar system in Hingham ; and at a town meeting 



