Dam or spillway in Cochran Bird Sanctuary

A still color image of a pond surroinded by trees. There may be an island at the center of the image. In the foreground is a dam or spillway with a wood board stuck on it.

This may be a view looking at Bobby Thompson Pond from a stone bridge. The pond was named after Robert Torrey Thompson, P. A. Class of 1936, who died in a training accident as a member of the Army Air Corps on April 9, 1941. The pond was made into a swimming hole in 1942 and had a sandy beach made from sand from Crane's Beach in Ipswich, MA. In 1955, a hot dry summer caused a drought and the school to stop pumping fresh water into the pond. As a result, the pond became contaminated and was closed to swimming.

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Institution: Phillips Academy

Massachusetts--Essex (county)--Andover

Tim Sprattler

2010

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Andover, Mass. : Phillips Academy

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Moncrieff Cochran Bird Sanctuary

School grounds

Phillips Academy

Cochran, Moncrieff Mitchell, 1879-1931

Thompson, Robert Torrey

Moncrieff Cochran Sanctuary

Natural areas

Bobby Thompson Pond

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Photographs

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