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Mill Pond Draw Down - 1977
The water has been lowered in order to repair foundations at the mill buildings. A trestle used during WW 1 is exposed . This trestle was used to support a water flume to carry water to the boiler room while #1 mill was being built in 1917 and 1918
Mill Pond Stereograph
Looking west at the Mill Pond from "Maynard's Hill" in the 1870-1880s (prior to building of houses on Front Street)
Mill and Mill Pond near gate
Shows the Mill complex with the mill pond in the foreground and the pond outflow gate.
Maynard from Summer Hill - early 1900's
The Congregational Church Steeple, the Clock Tower, the Woolen Mill, the Mill Pond, houses on Front Street, and a treeless Summer Hill are visible in the photo.
Millpond Picture
A picture of the Millpond. In order to make the river a more stable source of power, Amory Maynard bought from Haman Smith a strip of land connecting the river to the mill area. Artemus Whitney, a close associate of Maynard's, dug a canal that led…
Foundation for No. 1 Building - 1916
After the Millpond was drained so that the foundation for the new No. 1 mill building could be laid, a wooden flume was constructed to carry water from Sudbury Street to the mill.
St. Bridget's Roman Catholic Church - ca 1900
Views from Assabet (Mill) Pond
The church is seen from the Percival Street side. The water in front was later filled in order to build the parochial school.
Mill Pond - 1977
The water has been lowered in order to repair foundations at the mill buildings. A trestle used during WW 1 is exposed . This trestle was used to support a water flume to carry water to the boiler room while #1 mill was being built in 1917 and …
Assabet Mills - ca 1900
Photograph of the Assabet Mills complex and millpond taken in the early 1900s. Note the black smoke from the chimney.
American Woolen Company - Assabet Mills - ca 1900
Photograph of the Assabet Mills of the American Woolen Company taken in early 1900s. Note that the mill pond is frozen and covered with snow. Also note that there is set of 12 train cars running along the back side of the pond.
Assabet Mills at Night
Photograph of the mill complex at night (with reflection in the mill pond) taken in 1971 when Digital Equipment Corporation was running at "top speed".
Boaters on the Mill Pond
Photograph of three gentlemen in a boat on the mill pond with Mill in the background.
Mill Pond at the Time of Construction of Mill Building No. 1 - 1916
A photo of people enjoying the opportunity to walk on the bottom of the Mill pond which was drained in preparation of new building construction.
"Mill Pond at the Time of Construction of Mill Building No. 1"
American Woolen Company
During 1916 and 1917 when No. 1 mill was being built it was necessary to drain the pond. This was accomplished by building a coffer dam from a point off Front Street to the grove off Sudbury Street (now the mill parking lot) and another coffer dam in…
View of Maynard taken from Summer Hill - 1925
Photograph of Maynard and Mill Complex taken from Summer Hill. Note dual smokestacks on the mill and the Main Street School on the right.
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Scenes of Maynard - 1971
Assabet River at the Ben Smith Dam, Naylor Block (junction of Nason St. and Main St.), Maynard High School, Assabet Mills (Digital) with Mill Pond.