The Wachusett Dam & Reservoir

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How they built it and what became of the people who lived there

 

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3.17.26

The Underwater Rail Road

Not much detail remains in the archives about the railroad that was abandoned under the Wachusett Reservoir, the records having been discarded. Here is a collection of photographs taken along that scenic route before the construction activities began. Later this year (hopefully) I will fill out this story with a tour of rural life that existed there and how the contractors made use of the old line to haul vast amounts of material from around the country to build the dam.

 

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Paul

2.26.26

West Boylston Old Town

French Hill

French Hill was an important part of the old West Boylston. Settled by French and Irish Catholics, who came to work in the local mills and build homes and a community complete with their own church, it is today just a twenty acre patch of woods covered with power lines.

Here is a video of the French Hill story I presented to a local audience at the Beaman Library (44 minutes).

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Paul

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