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see 1999.956 for information on the presentation and award.

This was the property of Charles J. O'Neil, and is inscribed with his name.

Mr. Charles J. O'Neil was one of five men killed in an explosion at the old Powder Mills in Acton; May 2, 1895.

A copy of the Maynard Enterprise-Thursday May…

Photograph of the Powder Mill (American Powder Mill) showing some of the mill buildings and a horse and buggy delivery.

The theme of the float was the "Cotton Club" with some of the musicians in blackface.

Until 1927 was located south of where the Assabet River runs under the "Paper Mill Bridge". Both the dam and the bridge was washed out in the flood of November 1927. The bridge was replaced and is being replaced again in 2012. The large dark…

The second photo has a note pointing out the Music Hall (or the Rink) on Main Street. The woolen mill smoke stack is seen upstream of the Assabet River.

Top view from the Paper Mill Bridge.
Bottom view looking up stream on the Assabet toward the Paper Mill Bridge and the Assabet Mill.

Three photos with a view of the Powder Mills. Two photos with Walter Larkin at the Powder Mills.

Portrait of William Hooper, one of the top employees at the American Powder Mill.

1st photo: Smokeless Powder Mill - 1910 Jack Punch
2nd photo: Black Powder Mill - 1913 William McGarry