Upton Chamber

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura

Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

An underground chamber in Upton, MA puzzled some New Englanders while others long knew its ancient origins. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/upton-chamber

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0:00.0	Do you want to hold a flashlight, Jack?
0:04.0	I'm happy to do that.
0:06.0	You can hear a big splash behind you.
0:08.0	It's only me.
0:10.0	Doug Harris and Kathy Weaver Taylor
0:12.0	are standing in tall muck boots
0:14.0	in front of it looks like a
0:16.0	shrunken stone door frame built
0:18.0	into the side of a hill.
0:20.0	Go on in!
0:24.0	Kathy crouches a little,
0:26.0	careful not to hit her head
0:28.0	and steps inside.
0:30.0	Doug and I follow behind.
0:32.0	So anything swim around down in here?
0:34.0	I haven't seen anything today.
0:36.0	We make our way through a narrow hallway.
0:38.0	Our feet sinking into a couple of
0:40.0	inches of water pooled at the bottom.
0:44.0	You're almost there.
0:46.0	Tada!
0:48.0	The hallway opens into a big stone dome,
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