Alderbrook
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nomadwillie
N 44° 19.625 W 071° 42.134
19T E 284542 N 4911753
Alderbrook is located on RT116 between US 302 and RT 142 in Bethlehem
Waymark Code: WM77QT
Location: New Hampshire, United States
Date Posted: 09/15/2009
Views: 14
Alderbrook developed around a sawmill built by H.C. Libbey in 1844. The Village grew to include a post office, a dozen company-owned houses, a boarding house, school and railroad station. The mill employed as many as 40 to 60 men and cut as much as 3 to 5 million board feet each year of lumber, clapboards, lath and shingles. It was sold to a Portland company in July 1909 and was destroyed by fire five months later. The blaze was likely started by a spark from a freight engine. The mill was not rebuilt and the once productive hamlet disappeared as the company left for other tracts of timber.
Marker Name: Alderbrook
Official Marker Number: 198
Marker Type: Official NH State
Marker Location: Bethlehem
Date Marker Established: 2006
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