Watershops Repairs at Lake Massasoit

BY JOSEPH CARVALHO III

A$2.5 Million project which began in 2021 and completed in 2022 addressed the Watershops Pond dam’s “high hazard” designation and reduced the risk of flooding in the city’s South End. The required draw down of the Lake Massasoit during the repairs enabled the city to remove “noxious items” such as automobiles, and tornado-related debris from homes and buildings adjacent to the lake. The project replaced two sluice gates, the crest gate, and the upstream left training wall; permanently closed two penstock openings at the right abutment of the dam, replaced the antiquated electrical service, and included vegetation and tree removal.

The Watershops Pond Dam is a concrete and masonry gravity dam believed to have been constructed around 1857. The city took ownership of Watershops Pond and the dam from the federal government in 1969 with the stipulation that the pond be used and maintained as public parkland.

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