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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Charles S Storrow Engineer
Charles H Bigelow Architect
1846/00/00 Joseph Robinson Bodwell Work Henry Bodwell and his brother Joseph are employed to haul the granite from the quarries in Pelham, New Hampshire, the construction of the Great Stone Dam.
1848/09/19 Essex Company Owner The Great Stone Dam at Bodwell's Falls is completed. The original cost of the structure, at the time of building when prices of labor and material ruled low, was about $250,000.

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Particulars for Great Stone Dam:
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Historic Use Energy facility
Area of Significance Engineering
Other Description Overflow weir
Owner Private
Sight Category Structure
Historic Use Water Works



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 77000184
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: Storrow,Charles; Bigelow,Charles
Architectural Style: Other
Attribute: Overflow weir
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Engineering
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1825-1849
Significant Year: 1845, 1848
Historic Function: Industry, processing, extraction
Historic Sub-Function: Water works, Energy facility
Current Function: Industry, processing, extraction
Current Sub-Function: Water works Energy facility

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