| They are what you think they are, Railroad Tracks. They were used
during the Woolen Mill days, the Pond is man made and before the pond
the tracks were used to haul materials. In the book on Maynard there
are photos of them being used. Stop in Liz Schnairs News stand next to
Amorys, she can show you the photos in the Book.
Roy
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| Please check out 215.8 through .11, .42, and .45 for a discussion
on the pilings in the pond.
There are two sets, one for a pipe cradle from the gate house through
the middle of the pond toward the Sudbury Street bridge, stopping at
the small dam, and the other along side building #1 for empty railroad
car storage.
Frank
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| Can someone set me right on this? I seem to remember hearing from
someone, that, by virtue of owning the Mill, and it's property, that
it also gave Digital certain rights or something, in regard to Lake
Boon in Hudson/Stow. I know there was an old sign nailed to a tree
up there that made mention of the American Woolen company, in the
vicinity of the dam.
Will
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| No-one having offered anything specific, here is something general:
There is a branch of law/property haviong to deal with rivers and
the rights (if any) in them. (A small tidal inlet abouts my dad's
place in Maine, and he is psecifically deeded "riparian rights".
In the case of water power installations, this was a fruitful source of
lawsuits, when water _was_ the power, suits over damage to power, by
retaining, or backing up water, (removing head, or removing flow).
The Proprietors of Lowell, for instance, bought rights all the way back
up to the Weirs, on Lake Winnipesaukee. Other users could use power as
it flowed by, but they were restricted as to how much they could store.
In this case, presumably Amory Maynard (and his sucessors) bought up
some set of the rights, as far back as they could, or felt need. I
understand, that, in general, one or another of the utility compnaies
bought the "flowage rights" on all streams above a certain size, back
around 1900, so that they could be developed for hydroelectic power.
In many cases, no developmetn was done, but, at the time, it was better
to have the rights, than face loss of the power possibilities.
regards
dwp
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