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Echo Bridge

By adamg - 5/1/10 - 9:27 pm

Echo Bridge before they put up fences.

In recent decades, the Newton Upper Falls landmark has become a place to jog or just take in the views - or listen to your echo - but with today's water emergency, the state reactivated the aqueduct the "bridge" was built for in 1877.

More Sudbury Aqueduct photos, from its start in Framingham to the gatehouse that lets it flow into the Chestnut Hill Reservoir.

Reminder of who built the span: Boston Water Works

By adamg - 5/30/09 - 7:50 pm
What?

We went to Echo Bridge in Newton today, and it really is amazing - you can basically whisper and hear your voice echo back from the other side of the Charles (so you can imagine what it was like when an exuberant kidlet decided to yell). Up river, near the old mill, we spotted the above large bird (so for those of you who know the distance, yes, it pays to have a zoom lens). Anybody know what it is?

By adamg - 3/18/06 - 11:43 am

As Harry Mattison notes, it's amazing what a little public pressure can do.

By adamg - 3/17/06 - 3:43 pm

UPDATE: But it will re-open in a couple of days.

Suddenly, a blast from the past:

No more

Echo Bridge closed to the public.

Understandable, I guess, but still sad.

More Echo Bridge and Hemlock Gorge photos.

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