Lake Cochituate Dam
The Lake Cochituate Dam is a historic dam on the southwestern side of Lake Cochituate in Framingham, Massachusetts. The 62-foot dam was built in 1890, replacing two earlier wooden dams, dating back to the 1846 construction of the Cochituate Aqueduct.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Community United Methodist Church and Framingham High School.
Community United Methodist Church
Church
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Community United Methodist Church is situated 1 mile east of Lake Cochituate Dam.
Framingham High School
School
Framingham High School is a public high school in Framingham, Massachusetts, United States, serving grades 9 through 12. It is located approximately 20 miles west of Boston and enrolls about 2,500 students, making it one of the largest high schools in the state. Framingham High School is situated 1 mile west of Lake Cochituate Dam.
Natick Mall
Commercial area
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The Natick Mall is a shopping mall in Natick, Massachusetts. The original facility was the first enclosed shopping mall in Greater Boston upon opening in 1966; it was partially demolished and replaced by a larger building in 1994 and expanded in 2007. Natick Mall is situated 1 mile south of Lake Cochituate Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saxonville and Cochituate.
Saxonville
Village
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Saxonville is a village located in northern Framingham, in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The village was originally settled by John Stone in 1647. Saxonville was named after the Saxon Factory Company, a textile mill in the village.
Cochituate
Village
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Cochituate is a census-designated place in the town of Wayland in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,927 at the 2020 census, out of 13,943 in the entire town of Wayland.
Felchville
Neighborhood
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Felchville is a populated place in Natick, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. Felchville is situated 2 miles southeast of Lake Cochituate Dam.
Lake Cochituate Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Location: Town of Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Italian—“Lake Cochituate Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lake Cochituate Dam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد بحيرة كوتشيتويت”
- Italian: “diga del lago Cochituate”
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