Colonel William A. Phillips

The Neponset Reservoir is a reservoir located in Foxborough, Massachusetts that is the headwater of the Neponset River that runs to Boston Harbor. The reservoir dates from the mid-1800s, and was originally used by mills downstream for water power.^[2]

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Neponset Reservoir
^ "History of the reservoir". www.neponsetfriends.com. Friends of the Neponset Reservoir. Archived from the original on 27 February 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2016.

Canals and reservoirs of Massachusetts

Connecticut River Watershed	Ashley Reservoir Lake Monomonac Lake Wyola Quabbin Reservoir Whiting Street Reservoir
Merrimack River Watershed	Haggetts Pond Lost Lake Wachusett Reservoir
Taunton River Watershed	Little Quittacas Pond Norton Reservoir
Others	Aaron River Reservoir Accord Pond Assawompset Pond Big Pond Blackmore Pond Briggs Reservoir (Manomet) Briggs Reservoir (Plymouth) Chestnut Hill Reservoir East Head Reservoir Fisher Hill Reservoir Fort Meadow Reservoir Fresh Pond Great Quittacas Pond Great Sandy Bottom Pond High Service Water Tower and Reservoir Little South Pond Littleville Lake Miscoe Lake Neponset Reservoir Otis Reservoir Round Pond Silver Lake South Meadow Brook Reservoir Stockbridge Bowl Stony Brook Stump Pond Sudbury Reservoir Sugden Reservoir Tully Lake Walden Pond (Lynn) Weston Reservoir

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neponset_Reservoir