Mass Central RR bridge

Mass Central RR bridge

Item Information

Title:
Mass Central RR bridge
Name on Item:
Taken by Mr. and Mrs. James F. Higgins
Date:
[ca. 1895–1900]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Beaman Memorial Library
Collection (local):
Beaman Memorial Public Library Historical Collection
Subjects:
Rivers
Railroad bridges
Places:
Massachusetts > Nashua River
Massachusetts > Worcester (county) > West Boylston
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 12 x 17 cm
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Notes:
Title from materials accompanying item.
On item: Nashua River.
Looking north on right of photo you can see the spire of St. Anthony's Catholic Church. The large ripple in the Nashua river is a dam which Major Ezra Beaman had built in 1792 to redirect water into a hand dug channel over half a mile to fill his pond which supplied power for his mills. Later these mills and pond were enlarged and were known as the Clarendon Mills. This trestle bridge was buried in the present causeway on Route 12.
Notes (date):
Date from accompanying materials.
Identifier:
h18
Call #:
WBR 917.443 HIG v.I