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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.
Assabet Mills and Canal
Photograph of the Mill and "canal" adjacent to Walnut Street (taken from the Main Street bridge) taken in 1915. Note the alternate or mis-spelling of Assabet ("Assabett") on the photograph. Also this is technically not the canal, but the…
Paper Mill Bridge -1903
(Waltham Street)
Looking upstream of the Assabet River with the Woolen Mill in the background.
Comeau's Ice House - 1905
The ice house was built by John Comeau, later owned by Fred Taylor. It was located on the Stow side of the Assabet River by Russel Bridge, seen in photo.
J. R. Bent Ice House on the Assabet River - 1903
The ice house was built by Bent then later run by C. C. Murray and John Zaniewski.
The first photo was taken in 1903, the second is the remains after it burned in 1922 with the Concord, Maynard and Hudson Trolley chimney in the background, and the…
The first photo was taken in 1903, the second is the remains after it burned in 1922 with the Concord, Maynard and Hudson Trolley chimney in the background, and the…
Assabet River - 1945
The Assabet River seen from the old railroad bed. Crow Island protrudes into the river on the left side of the picture.
"Rockies" of the Assabet River
A swimming area in the Assabet River behind the Town Center with large boulders used for swimming.
