The history of water use is well explained in the annual city reports of Holyoke.
The booklet Souvenir by the Holyoke Water Works made in 1904 gives nice images.
| name | location | system | begins | ends | volume (gallons) |
| Downtown Vat | Downtown | vat | 1850 | 1873 | 3 |
| Wright | Ashley | masonry dam | 1873 | still | |
| Wright’s Cutoff 1 | Ashley | dike | 1897 | still | |
| Wright’s Cutoff 2 | Ashley | dike | 1897 | still | |
| Wright’s Cutoff 3 | Ashley | dike | 1897 | still | |
| Ashley Reservoir | Ashley | masonry dam | 1875 | still | 795 |
| Ashley’s Cutoff | Ashley | dike | 1897 | still | |
| Clear (Bray) | Ashley | earth and rubble dam | 1880 | still | |
| Cedar | Ashley | dike | 1880 | still | |
| Connor | Ashley | dike | 1876 | still | |
| North Railroad | Ashley | dike | 1897 | still | |
| McLean Reservoir | Ashley | masonry and earth dam | 1903 | still | 365 |
| Tannery | Homestead | dam | 1882 | gone | |
| Fomer Reservoir (Carmody) | Southampton | dam | 1897 | 1957 | |
| White Reservoir | Southampton and Westhampton | masonry dam | 1913 | 1982 | 650 |
| New Intake Reservoir | Southampton | masonry dam | 1917 | still | 0.6 |
| Tighe-Carmody Reservoir (Manhan) | Southampton | masonry dam | 1957 | still | 5500 |
| Whiting Street Reservoir | Smith’s Ferry | masonry dam | 1889 | still | 496 |
| Intake | Whiting Street | masonry dam | 1884 | 1963 | |
| Loomis (Summit) | Whiting Street | dam |