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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.
Assabet River "Tire Dump" -1974
Tires, concrete blocks and other debris in the river beneath the Walnut Street Bridge.
Assabet River Clean Up - 2011
Some of the debris that was removed from the river with the help of the army.
Assabet River Flood - 1936
Mill Street Bridge
Florida Road
High Street, Acton
1st, 2nd, & 3rd pictures are Mill Street, 3rd & 4th is Florida Road, last picture is High Street, Acton (Powder mill dam)
Assabet River Flood - 1968
Summer Hill Road
Lots 40 and 42 Summer Hill Road in the flood plain of the Assabet River.
Assabet River Launches - 1906 - 1914
First photo is a copy from an ad in the local paper. The boats ran from south of the Ben Smith Dam, Maynard to Lake Boon from May to October. It is likely the "Gertrude" in front of the boat house in Maynard. The chimney in back right is at the…
Assabet River Launches Time Table 1911
The Chandler, Howard & Co published a small card containing the 1911 timetable for the boats that ferried people between Maynard and Lake Boon. The boats kept a, more or less, hourly schedule. The card shows one of the boats on the water, probably…
Assabet River Motor Launch at Whitman's Crossing - 1910
In 1906 Peter Wilcox and another Maynard man were granted a licence to operate a passenger boat from Maynard to Lake Boon. A boat house and landing wharf was built on the river near the Ben Smith Dam and a landing wharf was installed at Whitman's…
Assabet Savings Bank Pens - 1988
Three beige Assabet Savings Bank pens with the inscription: "The Bank in Apple Valley".
Assabet Savings Bank 'Apple Ornament" - 1981
An unopened wooden apple ornament given as a gift from Assabet Savings Bank in 1981 for joining the Christmas Club.