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"The Great New England Hurricane of 1938 is reported to be one of the deadliest and most destructive tropical cyclones to impact New England. The storm, estimated to have made landfall as a Category 3…[More]
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"In March and April, 1927, Town Meeting voted to build a water filtration plant at Crystal Lake. The project began on July 5th, 1927 with A.P. Rounds of Stoneham winning the contract with his low bid…[More]
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"For more than three decades, there was substantial discussion and debate regarding domestic water supply to the town of Wakefield. In 1872, a group of concerned citizens petitioned the legislature to…[More]
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"William E. Eaton's 'Handbook of Wakefield : a stranger's guide and residents' manual' describes this scene from Harts Hill: 'The natural character of the country in and about Wakefield flanked on…[More]
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Photograph taken on December 24, 1939 shows a locomotive heading south towards Melrose along the shore of Crystal Lake in Greenwood. The Harts Hill forest fire watch tower is visible in the upper…
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Postcard shows a view over Crystal Lake looking north from the top of Hart's Hill. Main Street is visible in the foreground. On the far shore the Crystal Lake water filtration plant can be seen. At…[More]
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Original photo taken by Joseph Payro on December 24, 1939 shows a locomotive heading south towards Melrose along the shore of Crystal Lake in Greenwood. Current photo taken by Cole Kraus, 2011.
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"The reason I chose this photo is because I live across the street from J.J. Round Park. It was so beautiful until people wrote graffiti all over the rocks and smashed beer bottles. Trees grew in back…[More]