Mystic Water Works

Mystic Water Works
Mystic Water Works, Mystic Pumping Station
The water works in 2009
Mystic Water Works is located in Massachusetts
Location: Somerville, Massachusetts
Coordinates: 42°24′54″N 71°7′52″W / 42.415°N 71.13111°W / 42.415; -71.13111Coordinates: 42°24′54″N 71°7′52″W / 42.415°N 71.13111°W / 42.415; -71.13111
Built: 1863
Architect: Unknown
Architectural style: Romanesque
Governing body: Local
MPS: City of Somerville MPS, Water Supply System of Metropolitan Boston MPS
NRHP Reference#: 89001227,89002255
Added to NRHP: September 18, 1989 and January 18, 1990[1]

The Mystic Water Works, also called the Mystic Pumping Station is a historic water works at Alewife Brook Parkway and Capen Street in Somerville, Massachusetts.

It was built in 1863 in a Romanesque style and is covered by two separate listings on the National Register of Historic Places. The first, in 1989, is part of the city of Somerville's listings, and was made under the name "Mystic Water Works". The second is part of an umbrella listing covering the entire historic water works system of Greater Boston, and was made in 1990, listed as the "Mystic Pumping Station".

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