View of Chicopee Falls Dam
Title
View of Chicopee Falls Dam
Subject
Dams--Massachusetts--Chicopee
Belcher and Taylor Agricultural Tool Company
Chicopee River (Mass.)
Manufactures--Massachusetts--Chicopee
Description
View of the dam in Chicopee Falls. The dam was built in the 1820s as a power source for burgeoning industries. On the left is a cluster of buildings which was the Belcher and Taylor Agricultural Tool Company. After the Civil War they supplied agricultural implements for the settlement of the American West.
Creator
Gilbert, Russ H.
Date
[ca. 1919]
Contributor
Chicopee History Room
Is Part Of
the Russ H. Gilbert photographic collection, 1917-1922. Chicopee History Room, Chicopee Public Library, Chicopee, Mass. http://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/
Format
Photographs
Coverage
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Chicopee
Identifier
RGPC.01-157
Files
Citation
Gilbert, Russ H., “View of Chicopee Falls Dam,” Chicopee Archives Online, accessed December 23, 2024, https://chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/4100.