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

RGPC.01-157.jpg

Citation

Gilbert, Russ H., “View of Chicopee Falls Dam,” Chicopee Archives Online, accessed March 18, 2024, https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/4100.