Swift River Valley

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Swift River Valley is a region in central Massachusetts that was largely flooded in the 1930s to create the Quabbin Reservoir, one of the state’s primary water supplies.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Swift River Valley canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region ⓘ
valley ⓘ
accessRestrictions many areas closed to protect water quality ⓘ
associatedReservoir Quabbin Reservoir ⓘ
containsFormerTown Dana, Massachusetts ⓘ
Enfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
Greenwich, Massachusetts ⓘ
Prescott, Massachusetts ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbol of community sacrifice for regional water needs ⓘ
currentDominantLandCover Quabbin Reservoir ⓘ
protected forest ⓘ
currentUse drinking water supply protection area ⓘ
limited recreation area ⓘ
wildlife habitat ⓘ
environmentalOutcome important wildlife refuge ⓘ
large protected forested watershed ⓘ
floodingBegan 1930s ⓘ
formerLandUse forested uplands ⓘ
rural farming communities ⓘ
small mill villages ⓘ
governingAuthorityForFloodingProject Metropolitan District Commission (Massachusetts) ⓘ
historicalEraOfDisplacement Great Depression era ⓘ
linked to: Great Depression
historicalEvent disincorporation of four towns for Quabbin Reservoir ⓘ
historicallyFloodedFor Quabbin Reservoir ⓘ
hydrologicallyDrainedBy Swift River ⓘ
knownFor creation of Quabbin Reservoir ⓘ
loss of four Massachusetts towns ⓘ
major 20th-century water-supply project in New England ⓘ
locatedIn Franklin County, Massachusetts ⓘ
Hampshire County, Massachusetts ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ
Worcester County, Massachusetts ⓘ
central Massachusetts ⓘ
majorTransformationPeriod 1930s ⓘ
memorializedBy Quabbin Park Cemetery ⓘ
local historical societies ⓘ
namedAfter Swift River ⓘ
partOf Quabbin Reservoir watershed ⓘ
Swift River watershed ⓘ
primaryBeneficiaryCity Boston ⓘ
primaryBeneficiaryRegion eastern Massachusetts ⓘ
primaryPurposeOfFlooding public water supply ⓘ
successorWaterAuthority Massachusetts Water Resources Authority ⓘ
townsDisincorporatedForReservoir Dana, Massachusetts ⓘ
Enfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
Greenwich, Massachusetts ⓘ
Prescott, Massachusetts ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Quabbin Reservoir → locatedIn → Swift River Valley ⓘ
Greenwich, Massachusetts → partOf → Swift River Valley ⓘ