Water-works. 



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ACCORD POND. 



In 1881 the Company, under authority of an act of the Legis- 

 lature, extended the pipes to Nantasket Beach and along the 

 Jerusalem Road in Cohasset, and in 1882 to Hull village. An 

 iron stand-pipe forty feet in diameter and forty-two feet in height 

 was erected on Strawberry Hill on land given for the purpose by 

 the owners of the premises. 



The supply by gravity proving insufficient for the demand of 

 the high service in Hull and on the Jerusalem Road, a pumping* 

 station was erected at Weir River, on land purchased of Celia B. 

 Barnes, in 1884, and a Deane pumping-engine with a capacity of 

 a million gallons in twenty-four hours was connected with the 

 Rockland Street main to increase the pressure on the Hull and 

 Cohasset systems. A conduit was also laid from the Foundry 

 Pond, on land of Thomas Weston, to the pumping* station as aa 

 auxiliary supply in case of emergency. 



In 1886 the consumption at the seashore having increased to 

 such an extent as to seriously affect the pressure on the Hingham 

 system, and the supply from the Foundry Pond being at times 

 objectionable, the Company purchased the Fulling Mill Pond on 

 South Pleasant Street, under authority of an act of the Legisla- 

 ture passed March 22, 1866, and a twelve-inch conduit was laid 

 by Messrs. Goodhue and Birnie from this pond through private 

 lands to the pumping station, thus furnishing an independent 

 supply for the pump, and greatly increasing the efficiency of the 

 whole plant. 



The cost of the works to July 1, 1891, including land and water 

 damages, was $276,930. The main pipes extend from Fulling 

 Mill Pond to the pumping station, and from Accord Pond through 



