subject: Dams
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Rolling Dam
description- – Rolling Dam also called Roaring Dam was built by town resident Daniel Simmons in 1886. The Blackstone Manufacturing Co. wanted a new dam to replace an old earthen dam that formed a reservoir. This reservoir supplied the mill with water. Located at the end of County Street in Blackstone just above the river gorge.
- – Blackstone River--Massachusetts
- – Dams--Massachusetts--Blackstone
- – Blackstone--History--Pictorial works
- – 1886
- – From the collection of the Blackstone Historical Commission, Blackstone, Massachusetts
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- – English
South Hadley, view from Holyoke.
description- – View of old dam and the Carew, Hampshire, and Glasgow mills. A trench is being dug for the foundation of the 1898 Dam.
- – Water power - economic aspects
- – Connecticut River (Mass.)
- – Mills (Buildings)--Massachusetts--South Hadley
- – South Hadley (Mass.) -- History -- Pictorial works.
- – Dams -- Massachusetts -- Holyoke
- – Glasgow Company (South Hadley, Ma.)
- – 1894
- – From the collection of the South Hadley Historical Society, South Hadley, Mass. http://home.comcast.net/~robertjudge/index.html
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- – S. Hadley MA
Power House, Three Rivers, Mass.
description- – Image depicting the Power House and dam located in Three Rivers, Mass.
- – Dams - Mass - Palmer
- – Water power - economic aspects.
- – Palmer - Mass. - history
- – 1907-09-10
- – image/jpg
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Holyoke Wooden Dam from Howard St., Holyoke Massachusetts
description- – Image of Holyoke?s wooden dam, the first successful structure to harness the Connecticut River for its power-generating potential. Built in 1849, it was replaced by the current stone dam in 1900. In the foreground the water of the Connecticut River cascades over the dam creating hydroelectric power for the city of Holyoke. To the right of the dam is a view of Howard Street, located in the Highlands neighborhood of Holyoke. In the background is a misty view of Mount Tom.
- – Dam - - Massachusetts - - Holyoke
- – Water-power - - Massachusetts - - Holyoke
- – Howard St. (Holyoke, MA)
- – Highlands (Holyoke, MA)
- – 1895
- – Image is part of the Holyoke Public Library Photograph Collection, Holyoke, Mass. http://www.holyokelibrary.org
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View of Chicopee dam
description- – View of the dam in Chicopee Falls. The dam was built in the 1820s as a power source for burgeoning industries. On the left isa cluster of buildings which was the Belcher and Taylor Agricultural Tool Company. After the Civil War they supplied agriculturalimplements for the settlement of the American West.
- – Belcher and Taylor Agricultural Tool Company
- – Manufactures -- Massachusetts -- Chicopee
- – Dams -- Massachusetts -- Chicopee
- – Chicopee River (Mass.)
- – ca. 1919
- – Is part of the Russ H. Gilbert photographic collection, 1917-1922. Chicopee History Room, Chicopee Public Library, Chicopee, Mass. http://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/
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