Quabbin Wire & Cable Co., Inc.  is named after the Quabbin Reservoir in central Massachusetts, one of the largest man-made lakes in the United States. The reservoir measures 39 square miles, has a shoreline of nearly 118 miles, and holds 412 billion gallons of fresh drinking water.

By the 1930s, metropolitan Boston's demand for water had outstripped its local supplies and an alternative source was needed. In 1908 The Massachusetts General Court ordered the creation of a Metropolitan Water District, and two new reservoirs to service it, in the Nashua and Swift River Valleys. In order to create the Swift River Valley site, 4 towns, Dana, Enfield, Greenwich and Prescott needed to be evacuated, discontinued, and flooded. 

 In these towns, 34 cemeteries, a major US highway and railroad also needed to be moved to make room for the waters. In 1926 the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC), now the Massachusetts Water Resource Authority began construction on the Swift River site by creating the Windsor Dam, Goodnough Dike and Swift River diversion tunnel. By mid-1939 the construction was complete and on August 14^th the river was diverted into the newly formed reservoir. Over the next 7 years the Quabbin filled swallowing the buildings, roads and fields of the former Swift River Valley towns. The reservoir was named "Quabbin" after a Native American Indian called Chief "Nani-Quaben", meaning place of many waters.

The Quabbin today is a major tourist attraction in Central Mass due to its unique wildlife and scenery. The forests surrounding the reservoir are habitat to bald eagles, bobcats, black bears, moose, deer and coyotes and popular activities in the area include hunting, hiking, mountain biking, picnicking and some of the best fishing in the state.