Frederick P. Stearns
Some Information on the Reservoir named after him
As you drive down Winter Street in Framingham, you'll see a large sign in front of the waterfall. This is the DCA sign letting people know that this is the Frederick Stearns Reservoir.
Mr. Frederick Stearns did valuable work in connection with securing a water supply from the Sudbury River and later as chief engineer, supervised the construction of a tunnel under Dorchester Bay and reservoir on Moon Island.
Under the leadership of Frederic Stearns, the Chief Engineer of the Metropolitan Water Board, it was decided that the new water source should be gravity-operated and not require filtratio
Some Fun Facts I Learned About Frederick Stearns
Born on November 11, 1851 in Calais, Maine and move to the Boston area with his parents when he was 18
Full name is Frederic Pike Stearns.
Married Addie C. Richardson of Framingham in 1872.
From 1865 to 1907 he was the chief engineer of the Massachusetts Water Works.
He was the consulting engineer for the Charles River Commission. (1903 - 1910)
In 1905, he was a member of the Board of Consulting Engineerings of the Panama Canal. He was one of three experts engineers to advise President-Elect Taft on the Canal problems.
He had two sons Herbert R Stearns and Ralph H. Stearns.
Frederic Pike Stearns Monday December 1, 1919 he was 68 years old.