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(New page: =Arlington Reservoir Gets Facelift= by Jay Hobson and Katelyn Haggerty <br> [http://areanewsgroup.com/archives/2007/0727/Salem.html Link]<br> The Arlington Reservoir has been a summer cool...)
 
 
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We would like to thank Katherine Khalife and Douglas W. Seed for the use of their historical books on Salem and all of the information they so graciously provided.   
 
We would like to thank Katherine Khalife and Douglas W. Seed for the use of their historical books on Salem and all of the information they so graciously provided.   
  
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[[Image:Wheeler-Dam1.jpg|left|The Wheeler Mill waiting for demolition; the ruins of which are now submerged in Arlington Pond.]]
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[[Image:Wheeler-Dam3.jpg|center|The old timber dam that held back the Spicket River to form Wheeler’s mill pond.]]
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The old timber dam that held back the Spicket River to form Wheeler’s mill pond
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[[Image:Wheeler-Dam6.jpg|center|The 735-foot dam. Unlike today, this 1925 view shows no surrounding trees or vegetation.]]
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The 735-foot dam. Unlike today, this 1925 view shows no surrounding trees or vegetation
  
The Wheeler Mill waiting for demolition; the ruins of which are now submerged in Arlington Pond.
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<br><br>The Wheeler Mill waiting for demolition; the ruins of which are now submerged in Arlington Pond
  
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[[Image:Willow-Dam51.jpg|center|Arlington Pond. None of the original houses or structures are visible from the surface.]]
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Arlington Pond. None of the original houses or structures are visible from the surface. <br>
  
The old timber dam that held back the Spicket River to form Wheeler’s mill pond.
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[[Image:Willow-Dam56.jpg|center|The 84 year old dam will be repaired by Salem engineers and finished in the fall of 2007. Minor cracking and seeping problems are to blame for the much-needed “facelift”.]]
 
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The 84 year old dam will be repaired by Salem engineers and finished in the fall of 2007. Minor cracking and seeping problems are to blame for the much-needed “facelift”
 
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The 735-foot dam. Unlike today, this 1925 view shows no surrounding trees or vegetation.
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Arlington Pond. None of the original houses or structures are visible from the surface.  
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The 84 year old dam will be repaired by Salem engineers and finished in the fall of 2007. Minor cracking and seeping problems are to blame for the much-needed “facelift”.
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