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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. | ||
+ | [[Image:Wheeler-Dam1.jpg|left|The Wheeler Mill waiting for demolition; the ruins of which are now submerged in Arlington Pond.]] | ||
+ | [[Image:Wheeler-Dam3.jpg|center|The old timber dam that held back the Spicket River to form Wheeler’s mill pond.]] | ||
+ | The old timber dam that held back the Spicket River to form Wheeler’s mill pond | ||
+ | [[Image:Wheeler-Dam6.jpg|center|The 735-foot dam. Unlike today, this 1925 view shows no surrounding trees or vegetation.]] | ||
+ | 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 | + | <br><br>The Wheeler Mill waiting for demolition; the ruins of which are now submerged in Arlington Pond |
+ | [[Image:Willow-Dam51.jpg|center|Arlington Pond. None of the original houses or structures are visible from the surface.]] | ||
+ | Arlington Pond. None of the original houses or structures are visible from the surface. <br> | ||
− | The old | + | [[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”.]] |
− | + | 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” | + |