Search Results for: Canals

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	Russell Cutlery Factory c. 1880 l08.047 The John Russell Cutlery Company was located in Turners Falls, Massachusetts, in the late 19th century and was world-famous for its pocketknives, painters' spatulas, and druggists' knives.
	Turners Falls Dam and Canal 1999.17.02 A stereoscope picture of the Turners Fall Dam and Canal made just before its complete reconstruction in 1869. The first canal, built 1798, is visible just to the right.
	Lower Suspension Bridge, Turners Falls, Mass. 1999.03.0070 The Lower Suspension Bridge of Turners Falls, Massachusetts, connected that town with Greenfield. It was built in 1872 and fatally damaged in the great flood of 1936.
	"Serious Riot" article regarding Irish Laborers reprinted in Franklin Democrat newspaper from the Hampshire Gazette newspaper Jan 18, 1848 L07.003 In 1848, large numbers of Irish immigrants were employed working on the dam and canals in Holyoke, Massachusetts.
	Pages from "A New Pictorial History of Greenfield" on railroads 1975 L07.011 These advertisements from Greenfield, Massachusetts, in the 1840s show the transition from the canal/stagecoach era in the early 19th century to the era of the railroads.
	"Immigrant Sweat built Paper City" article from Sunday Republican newspaper Sep 29, 2002 L07.012 This article reports on immigration of various ethnic groups to the town of Holyoke, Massachusetts.
	"At Work" photo & "History Finds Irish in Holyoke in 1663" from "Irish Heritage Important to Wmass.. in The Republican newspaper Mar 12, 1989 L07.013 Irish immigrants were in the American colonies almost from the beginning.
	Excerpts from"Profiles of the Past An illustrated history of Ashburnham, Gardner Hubbardston,Templeton, Westminster, Winchendon" 1984 L07.015 These excerpts from author Tom Malloy's Profiles of the Past discuss Irish and Polish immigrants in towns in central Massachusetts.
	"Holyoke Dam, Holyoke, Mass." c. 1915 M.80 The power dam on the Connecticut River at Hadley Falls was built in 1848.
	"Turners Falls, Mass. Industrial Plants, General View below Falls" Feb 23, 1914 M.85 Turners Falls, Massachusetts was a planned industrial community from its founded in 1867 by Alvah Crocker.

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