General plan for Fresh Pond Park, Cambridge, Massachusetts, by the Olmsted Brothers landscape design firm, 1897.

Fresh Pond is a reservoir and park in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 42°23′ N 71°9′ W (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=42_23_N_71_9_W_type:landmark). Its grounds were designed in 1897 by the renowned Olmsted Brothers landscape design firm. Prior to its use as a reservoir, Fresh Pond ice had been harvested by Boston's "Ice King", Frederic Tudor, for shipment to tropical areas around the world. Harvard Square, May 2000 Cambridge is a city in the Greater Boston area in Massachusetts, United States. ... The Olmsted Brothers company was an extremely influential landscape design firm in the United States, formed in 1898 by step-brothers John Charles Olmsted (1852-1920) and Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. ... Generally, a reservoir is something that can hold matter or energy. ... Harvard Square, May 2000 Cambridge is a city in the Greater Boston area in Massachusetts, United States. ... The Olmsted Brothers company was an extremely influential landscape design firm in the United States, formed in 1898 by step-brothers John Charles Olmsted (1852-1920) and Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. ...

Fresh Pond Reservation consists of a 155 acre (627,000 m²) kettle hole lake, and 162 acres (656,000 m²) of surrounding land, with a 2.25 mile (3.6 km) perimeter road popular with walkers and cyclists, and a 9 hole golf course [1] (http://www.freshpondgolf.com). In the mid 1800s, the Pond was privately owned and home to a flourishing ice industry, for ice shipped as far as Europe, China, and India. In 1852, the Pond became the City's drinking water supply. Nowadays, Fresh Pond is part of the overall Cambridge water system. Its water is fed to the pond via an aquaduct from the Cambridge reservoirs in Weston, Massachusetts, is purified at the Walter J. Sullivan Water Purification Facility adjacent to the Pond, then pumped upwards to Payson Park Reservoir in Belmont. From there it flows back to Cambridge by gravity, providing drinking water to residents and businesses. A kettle hole is a geological feature formed by receding glaciers. ... Golfer teeing off at the start of a hole Golf is an outdoor game where individual players or teams play a small ball into a hole using various clubs. ... Icicles A natural ice block in Iceland Ice is the solid form of water. ... World map showing location of Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... Weston is a town located in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. ... Belmont is a town located in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. ...

Fresh Pond Reservation can be reached via the Minuteman Bikeway or MBTA 72 bus. It is a 15 minute walk from Alewife Station on the MBTA Red line. The Minuteman Bikeway; is an 11 mile paved, mixed-use recreational Rail Trail and cycle path in suburban Boston, Massachusetts. ... The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) is a quasi-governmental organization formed in 1964 that controls the subway, bus, commuter rail, and ferry systems in the Boston, Massachusetts area. ... T sign and top of glass pyramid from roof-level parking deck of Alewife Station, September 2004 Alewife Station, located at the intersection of Fresh Pond Parkway and Rindge Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a local transportation hub. ...