Hampden Reservoir Pump House (c. 1900)

ID: 778 ~ Source: Baltimore County Public Library, Peale Museum, 25690077 ~ Date: c. 1900
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Hampden Reservoir Pump House (c. 1900)

An early 20th century view of the pump house of the Hampden Reservoir designed in 1861 by engineer James Slade.

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By Eben Dennis
Only long-time residents of Baltimore can remember the Hampden Reservoir, buried since 1960 under debris from the construction of the Jones Falls Expressway and used as Roosevelt Park. The Hampden Reservoir was completed in 1861 three years after…