Mystic Gatehouse
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Mystic Gatehouse is a historic gatehouse
on the southeastern end of Upper Mystic Lake in Winchester, Massachusetts
, off the Mystic Valley Parkway
. The building once housed the control station for the adjacent Mystic Dam
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The gatehouse was built in 1862 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
Gatehouse (waterworks)
A gatehouse, gate house, or valve house for a dam is a structure housing sluice gates, valves, or pumps . Many gatehouses are strictly utilitarian, but especially in the nineteenth century, some were very elaborate....
on the southeastern end of Upper Mystic Lake in Winchester, Massachusetts
Winchester, Massachusetts
Winchester is a town located in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, eight miles north of Boston. With its agricultural roots having mostly disappeared, it is now an affluent suburb...
, off the Mystic Valley Parkway
Mystic Valley Parkway
Mystic Valley Parkway is a short parkway in Arlington, Medford, Somerville, and Winchester, Massachusetts. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and forms part of Route 16....
. The building once housed the control station for the adjacent Mystic Dam
Mystic Dam
The Mystic Dam is a historic dam between Lower and Upper Mystic Lakes in Winchester, Massachusetts, USA.The dam was built in 1864 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. Listed as one of a number of unsafe dams in Massachusetts, it underwent major renovation in 2010 that...
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The gatehouse was built in 1862 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.