Bulkeley Mill Dam - Rocky Hill, Connecticut
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flyingmoose
N 41° 38.752 W 072° 38.041
18T E 697034 N 4613163
An old dam located within the Dividend Pond Park.
Waymark Code: WM13AXD
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 10/28/2020
Views: 1
From the pond, the steep portion of the dam is lined with a fence while the rest of it is a spillway with a small walking path across the running water.
Sign Text:
The Bulkeley Mill Dam was originally built around 1680 by Rev. Gershom Bulkeley to provide water power to his corne mill. It was rebuilt and enlarged in 1875 in order to strengthen, make higher and flood additional land.
In 1975, the Town of Rocky Hill took ownership of the dam and surrounding 235 acres as part of a referendum that transferred this land from the Bigelow-Sanford Co. to the Town. Sixty-eight acres of this land eventually became Dividend Pond Trails and Archeological District; the rest became Rocky Hill's Industrial Park.
The 150 foot long by 25 foot high dam stands between the 5.8 acre Upper Pond and the 1.3 acre Lower Pond.