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Affidavits outlining sanitary protection rules and regulations regarding fishing and use of public ponds, lakes, streams and reservoirs in the vicinity of Southborough. Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 308 of the Acts of 1899.

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Supplementary report of the Southborough Water Supply Committee including correspondence from the State Board of Health and its Chief Engineer. The report relates to "a proposed piping system and standpipe for supplying the four principal villages of the town with water to be taken from the ground on the south side of the Worcester turnpike about half a mile west of the village of Fayville, and on the southerly side of the Sudbury Reservoir of the Metropolitan Water Works".

Scope and Contents This collection contains information on early utility services in the Town of Southborough. It is primarily composed of contracts between the Town of Southborough and gas, water, and electric companies. The Marlborough Electric Company was founded in 1886, and extended its services to Southborough about 1900. It continued to expand in subsequent years, bringing electricity to Northborough in 1908, Berlin in 1909, Westborough in 1910, and Bolton in 1912. The Boston Water Board was created in...

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Inventories of tools owned by the town's water and fire departments.

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Annual inspections and work proposals for the town's steam boiler