Slatersville Resevoir and Power Dam - North Smthfield RI
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nomadwillie
N 41° 59.861 W 071° 34.906
19T E 286168 N 4652743
Access is limited but one can see through the houses along Main St.
Waymark Code: WMQXJD
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 04/11/2016
Views: 3
The modern Slatersville Finishing Company buildings fill up the hollow in the center of the village below (L) the Green. Here also is the old wooden building (1804) of the Slater enterprise, and the Stone Mill (1826) with a belfry. In the igth century this bell was rung as curfew, to warn youngsters off the streets at 9 P.M. A little
to the west of the mills is the end of the Slatersville Reservoir, with its power dams. West of Slatersville Green the highway, called Main St., connects at 2.4 m. with the Victory Highway (see Tour 9).
p 377 Rhode Island - A Guide to the Smallest State, 1937
It would be virtually impossible to see the upper reservoir dam during the summer months with the foliage in full. The dam was built in 1849 with a 20 foot fall. The dame forms a pool of 150 to 175 acres.
Book: Rhode Island
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 377
Year Originally Published: 1937
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