belongs." The dam is known today as the Gainer Memorial Dam in honor of the mayor. Quabbin Reservoir, Winsor Dam and Goodnough Dike Frank E. Winsor left his successful work on the Scituate Reservoir for Providence to go on to greater work as chief engineer for the Metropolitan District Water Supply Commission in Massachusetts. His greatest accomplishment was the design and construction of Quabbin Reservoir and the Winsor Dam and Goodnough Dike which were built to dam the waters of the Swift River to create the reservoir. The dams were finished shortly after his death in 1939, but the Quabbin Reservoir did not fill to its maximum holding capacity until 1946. Resources Providence Tribute to Frank E. Winsor Details of the history of providing water for Boston Structural information on Winsor Dam Who Was Who in America, Vol. 1, 1897-1942 (1962) Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, p. 1367. Biographical article on Frank Edward Winsor. References 1870 births 1939 deaths American civil engineers American hydrologists Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences People from Newton, Massachusetts People from Providence, Rhode Island Brown University School of Engineering alumni