Weston Aqueduct
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Weston Aqueduct Linear District
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The channel chamber house and open channel leading to the Weston Reservoir
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| Location | Southborough, Framingham, Wayland, and Weston |
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| Coordinates | 42°20′0″N 71°22′32″W / 42.33333°N 71.37556°WCoordinates: 42°20′0″N 71°22′32″W / 42.33333°N 71.37556°W |
| Area | 300 acres (120 ha) |
| Architect | Stearns, Frederick P.; et al. |
| Architectural style | Renaissance |
| MPS | Water Supply System of Metropolitan Boston MPS |
| NRHP Reference # | 89002274 |
| Added to NRHP | January 18, 1990 |
The Weston Aqueduct is an aqueduct operated by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority. Now part of the MWRA backup systems, it was designed to deliver water from the Sudbury Reservoir in Framingham to the Weston Reservoir in Weston. The 13.5-mile (21.7 km) aqueduct begins at the Sudbury Dam, and passes through the towns of Southborough, Framingham, Wayland, and Weston. In 1990 the route, buildings and bridges of the aqueduct were added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Weston Aqueduct Linear District.
The Weston Aqueduct was built early in the 20th century during the third phase of the evolution of the Greater Boston water supply system, now administered by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA). During this phase, the other major elements of the water supply included the Sudbury Dam and Reservoir, and the Wachusett Aqueduct and Reservoir. The purpose of the aquedect and Weston Reservoir were to channel water to the suburbs north of Boston via Spot Pond in Stoneham. The aqueduct was built between 1901 and 1903, under the supervision of the Frederic T. Stearns, the chief engineer of the MWRA predecessor, the Metropolitan Water Board. The buildings that shelter the aqueduct's above-ground elements were designed by Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge. The landscaping of the aqueduct's open channel was (along with other elements of the Weston Reservoir) designed by the Olmsted Brothers.
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