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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.
Maynard National Band - ca 1922
Kaleva Camp, Fort Pond, Littleton
Four photos of the Maynard National Band.
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Front, seated: __Weeti, ___Taival, Reino Keto, Ilmar Johnson, ___?, Uuno Holt, Fiped Laurila, Henry Grandell, Toivo Keto
Back, standing: Antti Heiskari, Appo Visuri, Otto Nevala, William Manty,…
l to r
Front, seated: __Weeti, ___Taival, Reino Keto, Ilmar Johnson, ___?, Uuno Holt, Fiped Laurila, Henry Grandell, Toivo Keto
Back, standing: Antti Heiskari, Appo Visuri, Otto Nevala, William Manty,…