Clay Pit Pond

Clay Pit Pond
Clay Pit Pond
Location	Belmont, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°23′38″N 71°09′54″W / 42.39389°N 71.16500°WCoordinates: 42°23′38″N 71°09′54″W / 42.39389°N 71.16500°W
Primary inflows	Wellington Brook culvert
Primary outflows	culvert to Blair Pond
Basin countries	United States
Islands	1

Clay Pit Pond, also known as Claypit Pond, is a pond in the Boston suburb Belmont in Middlesex County, Massachusetts situated between Concord Avenue and Belmont High School. It is a man-made pond, excavated as a source of clay for making bricks. The New England Brick Company operated at the site from 1900 until it was abandoned in 1926. In 1933, the pit was flooded with water from the redirected Wellington Brook to form the current pond.

After a recent problem with flooding, which raised the water level up to a nearby road after a large rainstorm, a new drainage system was implemented. Nevertheless, the pond overflowed onto the road after two days of rain in March 2010, closing down the high school.^[1]

References

1. Patrick Declares State Of Emergency As Rain Storm Continue. WBUR radio station, 15 March 2010. Archived at WebCite.