Named Entity Browser, Spot Pond Brook (Massachusetts, United States)

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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 13., Medford's water supply. (search)

ion of the State and the City of Boston and the opposition of influential men of Malden, Melrose, and even of some within our own city, he maintained his position in the suit for proper recompense for the taking of our property by the Metropolitan district. Probably nothing in this vicinity has been the cause of so much litigation as the waters of Spot Pond. October 26, 1871, in order to avoid trouble with the former owners of the water from the pond (the mill owners located along Spot Pond brook), Malden, Melrose and Medford, acting together, formally took the outlet of the pond, that they might control the flow. In January, 1872, the mill owners brought suit for damages for the taking mentioned, which deprived them of water, and after a hard fought legal battle got judgment and were paid. Medford's share of the expenses of these suits was $33,154.58. Being petitioned by the abutters on the pond because of the overflowing of their lands, the Superior Court appointed comm

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