Mystic Water Works

The Mystic Water Works, also called the Mystic Pumping Station is a historic water works at Alewife Brook Parkway and Capen Street in Somerville, Massachusetts. It was built in 1863 in a Romanesque style and is covered by two separate listings on the National Register of Historic Places. The first, in 1989, is part of the city of Somerville's listings, and was made under the name "Mystic Water Works". The second is part of an umbrella listing covering the entire historic water works system of Greater Boston, and was made in 1990, listed as the "Mystic Pumping Station".