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B) Liquid Hydraulics Machines use what pressurized form of matter to create and increase force? A) Gas B) Liquid C) Plasma D) Solid Engines and Pumps 100 | C) George Whipple Which American pioneer of public health lived in Cambridge at the same time as Erasmus Leavitt? A) Jonas Salk B) John Snow C) George Whipple D) Charles Xavier Engineers 100 | B) The Allis
For which engine was the extension of the High Service Station made?
A) Leavitt
B) Allis C) Worthington-Snow D) Statham Site Specifics 100 | C) George Whipple
Who wrote the still-used textbook “The Microscopy of Drinking Water”?
A) John Snow B) Bruce Wayne C) George Whipple D) Charles Darwin Public Health 100 | B) The Quabbin Reservoir?
The towns Greenwich, Enfield, Dana, and Prescott were destroyed to create which body of water?
A) The Sudbury Aqueduct B) The Quabbin Reservoir C) Canobie Lake D) Lake Cochituate Water Supply 100 |
A)
Water Day
Which event in Boston celebrated the city-wide improvement of the water supply?
A) Water Day B) Steam Engine Day C) Labor Day D) Independence Day Grab Bag 100 |
A) A piston Which part pushes in and out of a cylinder? A) A piston B) A flywheel C) A steam engine D) A pipe cleaner
Engines and Pumps 200 | D) Darwin What was Erasmus Leavitt’s middle name? A) Theophilus B) Hannibal C) Mary D) Darwin
Engineers 200 | C) Arthur Vinal
Who designed this building in the Richardsonian Romanesque style?
A) James Newell Ostenberg
B) Henry Starbuck C) Arthur Vinal D) Frank Lloyd Wright Site Specifics 200 | C) Cholera
English physician John Snow first identified contaminated water as a cause of which disease?
A) Typhoid B) Red Death C) Cholera D) Ebola Gulf A Public Health 200 |
D) The
Bradlee Basin
Which basin was filled in after being purchased by Boston College?
A) James River Basin B) Begby Basin C) Renton Basin D) Bradlee Basin Water Supply 200 | B) T he Great Fire of 1872 Which event caused people to reconsider Boston's need for a better water supply?
A) The Molasses Explosion of 1919 B) The Great Fire 1872 C) The Boston Police Strike D) The Chicago World's Fair Grab Bag 200 |
C) The boiler Which part of the steam engine heats water? A) A gear B) A cylinder C) The boiler D) None of the above Engines and Pumps 300 | A) Henry Worthington
Who designed the only horizontal engine in the Waterworks Museum?
A) Henry Worthington B) George Whipple C) Erasmus Leavitt D) X. Henry Goodnough Engineers 300 | A) His wife Which woman's likeness did Arthur Vinal, architect of this building, have installed next to his own in the building’s tower? A) His wife B) His aunt C) His daughter D) His grandmother Site Specifics 300 | D) John Snow Which English physician identified the source of an 1854 outbreak of cholera in London as a public water pump?
A) Ned Stark
B) George Whipple C) Erasmus Leavitt D) John Snow Public Health 300 | C) The Dorchester Tunnel Which waterway was completed in 1978, thus taking this Station permanentlyout of active use? A) O.K. Corral B) Hudson River C) Dorchester Tunnel D) Thames River Water Supply 300 |
B) G
eorge W. Corliss
Who invented a valve which increased efficency of steam engines?
A) David Robert Jones B) George W. Corliss C) H. H. Richarson D) Frank Lloyd Wright Grab Bag 300 |
D) The Worthington-Snow Which pumping engine is the only dual-expansion pump here?
A) The Wheelwright B) The Allis C) The Leavitt D) The Worthington-Snow Engines and Pumps 400 | D) Erasmus Leavitt Who was an instructor of steam engineering at the US Naval Academy? A) Montgomery Scott B) Henry Worthington C) X. Henry Goodnough D) Erasmus Leavitt Engineers 400 | D) Oil In 1932, what replaced coal firing of the boilers at this station? A) Solar power B) Air C) Electricity D) Oil Site Specifics 400 | D) Dehydration Although cholera is usually transmitted through contaminated water, death from cholera is often a result what? A) Consumption B) Liver Cancer C) Pneumonia D) Dehydration Public Health 400 |
C) The Sudbury Aqueduct
Which waterway was used to supply Boston when a break in a Weston water main occurred in May 2010?
A) Cochituate Lake B) Brandywine River C) Sudbury Aqueduct D) Quabbin Reservoir Water Supply 400 | C) W hite Hall The Low Service Station is now known by what name?
A) The Water Pump Institution of Greater Boston B) The Baxter Building C) White Hall D) The Waterworks Museum Grab Bag 400 |
C) The Leavitt Which pumping engine here was made a National Historical Mechanical Engineering Landmark in 1973? A) The Worthington-Snow B) The Allis C) The Leavitt D) The Wheelwright Engines and Pumps 500 | C) X. Henry Goodnough
Which engineer designed the Quabbin Reservoir? A) George Whipple B) Erasmus Leavitt C) X. Henry Goodnough D) James Howlett Engineers 500 | D) Granite and sandstone
Which two types of stone make up the outside of this building?
A) Sandstone and brownstone B) Limestone and red brick C) Brownstone and limestone D) Granite and sandstone Site Specifics 500 | A) MIT and Harvard In 1913, George Whipple combined the resources of which schools to form a School of Public Health? A) MIT and Harvard B) Tufts and Brandeis C) Emerson and Boston College D) Vanderbilt and Vassar Public Health 500 |
D) 412 billion gallons
What is the current capacity of the Quabbin reservoir?
A) 834 million gallons B) 907 million gallons C) 213 billion gallons D) 412 billion gallons Water Supply 500 | A) The Allis Which steam engine here ran for nearly 80 years after it was installed? A) Allis B) Goodnough C) Watt D) Leavitt Grab Bag 500 |
A) H. H. Richardson
Which architect invented the style in which the building was designed?
A) H. H. Richardson
B) Robert Paulson
C) Walter Gropius
D) Richard Fitz
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What is the oldest engine in the museum?
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Hydraulics Machines use what pressurized form of matter to create and increase force? A) Gas B) Liquid C) Plasma D) Solid |
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