Wheeler Dam at Arlington Pond LbNA #47788
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Jun 3, 2009 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Salem |
| County: | Rockingham |
| State: | New Hampshire |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | azar  |
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| Found by: | Petz |
| Last found: | Nov 12, 2012 |
| Status: | FFFF |
| Last edited: | Jun 3, 2009 |
Go North Main Street onto Wheeler Dam Road. You will come to a fork in the road. Stay right. You'll see the pump house straight ahead. Continue following the road up to the side of the dam. You'll see a dirt parking area. Park there then continue on foot. Walk toward the dam, when you get to the end turn right. You will see a steap path heading downhill. Walk fifty steps, going along the wall of the dam. After you count fifty steps, turn right. You will face a 3 pronged tree and a rockwall. Walk toward the tree and stand so you are lined up with the tree. Look down at the rock wall, you will see two rocks plugging up a hole in the rockwall. Move the rocks and the letterbox will be in a plastic bag. Please put everything back where it was.
BACKGROUND:
In 1920, the powerful Arlington Mills of Lawrence bought the remains of Wheeler’s Mill, along with 350 acres in North Salem. The ruins of John W. Wheeler's textile mill are submerged at the bottom of Arlington Pond. The grand plan was to dam the Spicket River and create a billion-gallon reservoir. Successful completion of the project would assure a steady flow of water to keep Arlington’s downstream looms producing year-round.
The huge Arlington Dam rose 48 feet from the Spicket River’s bed. A 550-foot concrete-cored dike was built some distance to its east, and a smaller, earthen dike was built to the west. Trees cut from the reservoir site yielded over a million feet of lumber – some of which was used as framing for the concrete work.
Construction of the Arlington Dam (now known as Wheeler Dam) and reservoir took most of three years to complete. It was finally filled in the spring of 1923, turning what was once a large part of North Salem into an underwater ghost town. The dam immediately became a popular spot for picnics and sightseeing.
BACKGROUND:
In 1920, the powerful Arlington Mills of Lawrence bought the remains of Wheeler’s Mill, along with 350 acres in North Salem. The ruins of John W. Wheeler's textile mill are submerged at the bottom of Arlington Pond. The grand plan was to dam the Spicket River and create a billion-gallon reservoir. Successful completion of the project would assure a steady flow of water to keep Arlington’s downstream looms producing year-round.
The huge Arlington Dam rose 48 feet from the Spicket River’s bed. A 550-foot concrete-cored dike was built some distance to its east, and a smaller, earthen dike was built to the west. Trees cut from the reservoir site yielded over a million feet of lumber – some of which was used as framing for the concrete work.
Construction of the Arlington Dam (now known as Wheeler Dam) and reservoir took most of three years to complete. It was finally filled in the spring of 1923, turning what was once a large part of North Salem into an underwater ghost town. The dam immediately became a popular spot for picnics and sightseeing.