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Boone Lake, Stow , Mass.
Although labeled a view of Lake Boon, it is likely a view of the Assabet River looking up stream at Russell Bridge.
Assabett River Views from Bridge, Maynard, Mass.
Note: spelling of Assabet
Second photo shows Nanny goat rock, center.
Second photo shows Nanny goat rock, center.
The Falls, Maynard, Mass
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 building…
Plate for "W. F. Litchfield Bridge" - 1906
This iron plate was found at the bottom of the Assabet River. The Litchfield bridge was built across the Assabet River below the railroad bridge. It was to provide access to Litchfield's coalyard from the Company office on Main Street. It was…
Centennial Monograph: Assabet Mills
A detailed account of the founding of the mill and its impact on what became a "one industry" town.
Centennial Monograph: Pleasure Boats on the Assabet River
Starting in 1906, for about 10 years, you could board a small steam-powered boat near Ben Smith Dam and for 25 cents take a leisurely weekend ride upstream to Lake Boon in Stow.
Centennial Monograph: Ice Houses
Before the widespread availability of refrigeration one of the only way to keep things cool was with ice. Fresh water supplies, such as the Assabet River flowing through town, was a source of ice during the winter and a major industry grew up around…
Centennial Monograph: The Assabet River
A short review on the Assabet River, the origins and variations of its name, and how it was intertwined in Maynard's early history.
Mill Street Bridge, Winter 1939
View looking toward Summer Hill Road The bridge was rebuilt as a W.P.A project.
Floating Yellow & Orange Ducks
Maynard Rotary Club
1st Annual Assabet River Duck Race
The ducks where release onto the Assabet River from the Elks and floated to the Damon Mill Dam in West Concord. It was part of a fundraiser, first to arrive won.
"Rockies" of the Assabet River
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.
File Folder for the Assabet River
The file contains reports on the flood plain, river basin studies, histories, newspaper clippings and miscellaneous documents pertaining to the river, also OARS related information.
The SUASCO Watershed Archaeological Inventory Project
A study exploring the cultural resources in the Assabet, Concord and Sudbury Rivers basin. see abstract
File Folder for the Ben Smith Dam
The file contains reports, newspaper clippings and miscellaneous documents pertaining to the dam and the canal leading to Mill Pond.