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A swimming area in the Assabet River behind the Town Building , running north of Martin St. The area was created by piling large rocks in the moving river to form a dam of sorts to raise the water level upstream.

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View of the river from the Stow side.

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Albert Larkin and friends in his new motor boat on the Assabet River.
1st on right Albert Larkin

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A picture of the Assabet Mill with the Assabet River in overflow stages in 1936 .

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Photograph of the Mill and "canal" adjacent to Walnut Street (taken from the Main Street bridge) taken in 1915. Note the alternate or mis-spelling of Assabet ("Assabett") on the photograph. Also this is technically not the canal, but theā€¦

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The Assabet River. (Believed to be taken near Summer Hill Glen.)

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The Assabet River. (Believed to be taken near Summer Hill Glen.)

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The Assabet River. (Believed to be taken near Summer Hill Glen.)

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The Assabet River seen after a thunder storm in July 1887. The view is of the river looking upstream toward the Ben Smith Bridge perhaps taken from the Mill Street Bridge.

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The Assabet River seen from the old railroad bed. Crow Island protrudes into the river on the left side of the picture.

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Behind 195 Main Street

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Tires, concrete blocks and other debris in the river beneath the Walnut Street Bridge.

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Four views of the river, reservoir and Summer Hill.

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Some of the debris that was removed from the river with the help of the army.

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1st, 2nd, & 3rd pictures are Mill Street, 3rd & 4th is Florida Road, last picture is High Street, Acton (Powder mill dam)

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Lots 40 and 42 Summer Hill Road in the flood plain of the Assabet River.