Another excellent post by Wellesley History blogger Josh Dorin, who takes a look at “Ruins of the Waterway” in Wellesley such as The Waterway off of Glen Road, and ponders other such “ruins” in town as well.
Dorin describes the Waterway as “a derelict canal and overgrown parkland that once made up the heart of Indian Springs Park, an ambitious — but unsuccessful — subdivision in Wellesley Farms at the turn of the 20th Century.”
He also raises the idea of “restoring or stabilizing this unique piece of Wellesley history.” I’ve come across this waterway, taken these and other pictures myself and wondered what the heck it was all about. Now I know, and so do you.