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  • Collection: Postcards

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The Ben Smith Dam was built in 1847 by Amory Maynard to divert water into a dug out canal to fill Mill Pond. The water was used to run the wheels in the mill, wash the wool and for a sprinkler system.

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1st card - St. Bridget Church in background, left. Flood's Barn (later called Pastime Hall) with blue roof in center background - destroyed by fire 25-Feb-1967.

2nd card- St. Bridget Church in background, right. Main Street School, brick building…

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Mill Pond, the houses on the left on Front Street.

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Postcard is mislabeled, actually Sunset should read Summer. There is no Sunset Hill in Maynard?
The three large buildings across the pond are on Main St.

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Assabet Mill and Mill Pond on left, St. Bridget Church on the right, Main Street School in the center

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An original black and white card and a later colorized version. Clock tower seen center left.

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Area also known as New Village or Presidential Village.
Reardonville was that part of Maynard from Parker Street to Hayes Street, including Roosevelt, McKinley and Harrison Streets. The American Woolen Company purchased the property from the…

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Presumably on Summer Hill.

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Although labeled a view of Lake Boon, it is likely a view of the Assabet River looking up stream at Russell Bridge.

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Looking east on Main Street. Located at xx Main Street. Built in 1850. It was turn down in 1957.

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Trains collided at Baker Bridge in Lincoln on the Boston & Maine Railroad on November 26, 1905. Several Maynard people on the train from Boston. Miss May Campbell was killed. Others seriously injured - Mr. and Mrs. Albert Batley, Harvey Broadbent…

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Small, lower bridge is the Litchfield Bridge, a private bridge that gave access to the coal yard.