name. This river is part of the Connecticut River Watershed. Towns along the river Barre (South Barre, Barre Plains) Hardwick (Gilbertville, Old Furnace, Wheelwright) Hubbardston Princeton Ware Westminster Warren Palmer (Three Rivers, Thorndike) Significant structures Barre Falls Dam The Barre Falls Dam is located on the Ware River in Hubbardston, Massachusetts, about below the junction of the river's east and west branches and northwest of Worcester. Designed and constructed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, this dam substantially reduces flooding along the Ware, Chicopee, and Connecticut rivers. Construction of the project began in May 1956 with completion in July 1958 at a cost of $2 million. The project consists of an earth fill dam with stone slope protection long and high. There are three dikes totaling in length, with a maximum elevation of . Cut in rock, the spillway comprises a concrete weir in length. The weir's crest elevation is lower than the top of the dam. There is no lake at the Barre Falls Dam. The flood storage area for the project, which is normally empty, stores floodwaters and covers about in the towns of Barre, Hubbardston, Rutland, and Oakham. The entire project, including all associated lands, covers . The Barre Falls Dam can store up to of water for flood control purposes. This is equivalent to of water covering its drainage area of . The Barre Falls reservoir is located within the Upper Ware River Watershed. The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (MDCR) manages and preserves the land for water quality protection. The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) manages these water resources, which are part of the public water supply for the metropolitan Boston area. Ware River Diversion The Ware River Diversion facility feeds Ware River water into the Quabbin Aqueduct. This is used to start a natural siphon so water can flow from the Quabbin to the Wachusett Reservoir, or from Wachusett Reservoir to the Quabbin Reservoir. See also List of rivers of Massachusetts References Ware River near Barre Ware River Web Cam near Barre Plains Ware River Web Cam archive Town of Ware on the Ware River Chicopee River basin History of the Quabbin Reservoir and Ware River development Ware River near Coldbrook Court order and statement of facts about MWRA facilities Ware River Watershed Land Management Plan American Heritage Rivers Rivers of Worcester County, Massachusetts Tributaries of the Connecticut River Princeton, Massachusetts