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Falls Village

Discussion relating to the NH and its subsidiaries (NYW&B, Union Freight Railroad, Connecticut Company, steamship lines, etc.). up until its 1969 inclusion into the Penn Central merger. This forum is also for the discussion of efforts to preserve former New Haven equipment, artifacts and its history. You may also wish to visit www.nhrhta.org for more information.
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Falls Village

  by fender52
 
I found this photo while going through old family photos. Probably taken by my grandfather late 30's or 40's. Northbound passenger at the Falls at Falls Village on the Berkshire.
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Re: Falls Village

  by Greg Moore
 
Great photo. One interesting detail is how few trees/bushes there were compared to now.

Re: Falls Village

  by dcm74
 
Greg Moore wrote:Great photo. One interesting detail is how few trees/bushes there were compared to now.
A few extra sparks from the coal burners constituted vegetation control.

Re: Falls Village

  by Greg Moore
 
dcm74 wrote:
Greg Moore wrote:Great photo. One interesting detail is how few trees/bushes there were compared to now.
A few extra sparks from the coal burners constituted vegetation control.
Actually in this case, more likely a reflection of the still relatively newness of the canal :-)

Re: Falls Village

  by fender52
 
Looking back I found that the power plant was built in 1914. I was probably off in my dating of the photo. I know my family lived in the same house in that area since the 1880s.

Re: Falls Village

  by Greg Moore
 
fender52 wrote:Looking back I found that the power plant was built in 1914. I was probably off in my dating of the photo. I know my family lived in the same house in that area since the 1880s.
Where exactly if I may ask?

I grew up in the Falls Village Depot for a bit and two houses along Dublin Road.

Re: Falls Village

  by fender52
 
Greg,
The house was on Dugway Rd, up on a small hill from the road, across from the power plant.

Re: Falls Village

  by Greg Moore
 
fender52 wrote:Greg,
The house was on Dugway Rd, up on a small hill from the road, across from the power plant.
Ok, I know the area well!

We redid the house on the bend in the river (has a barn across the street) back in the early 80s.

Re: Falls Village

  by fender52
 
That's the house, except the barn is gone I believe.

The location was always perfect for watching the trains heading north and south above the power plant.

Re: Falls Village

  by Engineer Spike
 
Where in Falls Village was the HRR shops? Is there anything left, foundations...

Re: Falls Village

  by NaugyRR
 
There's a pull-off for the Great Falls on River Road where there's a trail that leads to the remains of the shops. Nothing really left structure-wise, just looks like an overgrown swamp, haha. There's some signage along the trail that has history and some pretty good pictures of what was there.

Re: Falls Village

  by Greg Moore
 
NaugyRR wrote:There's a pull-off for the Great Falls on River Road where there's a trail that leads to the remains of the shops. Nothing really left structure-wise, just looks like an overgrown swamp, haha. There's some signage along the trail that has history and some pretty good pictures of what was there.
If you're there in August, they sometimes drain the canal and hence the pool behind the dam and you can see even more stuff.

But yeah, not much left there.

Not overly useful (since there's very little topo information)

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But check that out.
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