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The pond once served as a reservoir for the City of Boston and the Town of West Roxbury, and it supplied ice in the winter to Boston and beyond.
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when cracks appeared on the ice, and 50,000 skaters had to be evacuated. In recent years, ice skating is no longer permitted on the pond.
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The Jamaica Plain Ice Company employed 350 men in 1874, and harvested as much 5,000 tons of ice a day from Jamaica Pond.
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The pond was once the site of a popular annual winter skating carnival. In 1929, this carnival was cancelled by
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has an area of about 68 acres (28 ha), and is 53 feet (16 m) deep at its center (
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Water resources and the urban environment, lower Charles River Watershed;
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jamaica Pond
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Remember Jamaica Plain? Fifty Thousand on Jamaica Pond Ice? Wow!
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Weiskel, Peter K.; Barlow, Lora K.; Smieszek, Tomas W. (2005).
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Jamaica Pond Lantern Parade by Spontaneous Celebrations
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Overlooking Jamaica Pond until its 2007 demolition was
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The pond's setting, Jamaica Park, was included in the
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Jamaica Pond is located in Massachusetts
Jamaica Plain
Massachusetts
42°19′0″N 71°7′13″W / 42.31667°N 71.12028°W / 42.31667; -71.12028
Type
kettle
pond
Primary outflows
Muddy River
kettle
Emerald Necklace
Boston
Frederick Law Olmsted
Jamaica Plain
Brookline
Muddy River
Charles River
pond
MassWildlife map
USGS
Olmsted Park
National Register of Historic Places
Mayor Curley
Pinebank Mansion
Skating on the pond, 1859
Ice delivery van, 1890
Swans, 2010
Sailboat on pond, 2013
Bicyclists, 2021

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