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A photo showing an older flashboard system of the Holyoke Dam and the Canal System's original gatehouse. The river between Holyoke and South Hadley contained what was known as the "Great Falls" a natural 53-foot (16 m) drop in the river approximately 86 miles upstream of the Atlantic Ocean.
Robert E. Barrett Fishway, lift system to allow fish to swim upstream of the Holyoke Dam [203] Scott Tower; Holyoke U.S. Post Office, Captain Alezue Holyoke's Exploring Party on the Connecticut River, an oil on canvas mural, painted by Ross Moffett and installed in 1936. [204] Victory Theater; Wistariahurst Museum [205]
Bob Barrett (actor) (born 1966), English stage and television actor; Robert Barrett (athlete) (born 1957), British Paralympian; Robert E. Barrett, former water company president and namesake of the Robert E. Barrett Fishway on the Connecticut River, United States; Robert G. Barrett (1942–2012), Australian author
Robert Barrett Jr., president of the Holyoke Water Power Company and a recipient of the parade's Citizenship Award, tips his hat to spectators in the 1969 parade. Each year since its first iteration, the parade has had a parade president and grand marshal; in 1955 the first Colleen was chosen and given her own court and throne.
Robert Jubinville (born 1946), member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council and one of three board-certified criminal trial attorneys in the Commonwealth (B) [31] François A. Pouliot (1896–1990), member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (B) [32] Grace Mary Stern (1925–1998), Illinois state legislator; born in Holyoke (B) [33]
Barrett, Robert E. The History of the Holyoke Water Power Company; A Subsidiary of Northeast Utilities, 1859-1967 (PDF). Holyoke, Mass. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-12 – via Holyoke Gas & Electric. Barrett, Robert E., ed. (1951). Hydro Electric Development - Hadley Falls Station. Holyoke Water Power Company. Cumbler, John T ...
Roger E. Barrett Jr. (ctr), William Skinner II (2nd right), and Mayor Samuel Resnic (right) dedicate Holyoke Water Power Park with employees of the Holyoke Water Power Company, 1960 [9] The Third Level Canal, drained for routine dredging and maintenance, March 2018
When Holyoke was incorporated as a city, initially the mayoral term given in the 1874 charter was for the mayor to serve a single-year term, being elected at the end of the municipal year. This was subsequently raised to two years during the mayoralty of William P. Yoerg in 1936, [ 4 ] and from two to four years during that of Alex B. Morse in ...