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The Nashua River, 37.5 miles (60.4 km) long, [2] is a tributary of the Merrimack River in Massachusetts and New Hampshire in the United States.It is formed in eastern Worcester County, Massachusetts, at the confluence of the North Nashua River and South Nashua River, and flows generally north-northeast past Groton to join the Merrimack at Nashua, New Hampshire.
The North Nashua River is a river in northern Massachusetts.It rises from the Whitman River and Phillips Brook in Fitchburg, Massachusetts.It flows 19.9 miles (32.0 km), generally southeastward, past Fitchburg and joins the South Nashua River, about 5 miles (8.0 km) below its issuance from the Wachusett Reservoir, to form the Nashua River. [1]
It is part of the Nashua River Watershed. This dam is part of greater Boston's water system, maintained and controlled by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA). Its discharge is into the Nashua River. When it was completed in 1905, the Wachusett Reservoir was the largest public water supply reservoir in the world. [2]
The source of the South Nashua River, The Wachusett Dam. The South Nashua River is a river in Massachusetts that flows 5.1 miles (8.2 km) through Clinton and Lancaster.It starts at the Wachusett Dam on the Wachusett Reservoir and ends by joining the North Nashua River to form the Nashua River.
South Nashua River; Spicket River; Squannacook River; Still River (Nashua River) Stillwater River (Nashua River tributary) Stop River; Sudbury River;
Over a year ago, the Nashua River Watershed Association and the Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration got involved with the dam removal project and staff have helped officials with ...
In 1987, the Nashua River Canal and the Nashua Manufacturing Company Historic District (the Millyard) were placed on the National Register of Historic Places. [14] [15] In 1992, the park trails were designated part of the New Hampshire Heritage Trail system, which extends 130 miles (210 km) along the Merrimack River from Massachusetts to Canada. [16]
The Stillwater River is part of the Nashua River watershed. This river is part of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority system that supplies drinking water to the greater Boston area. The Stillwater River rises in Princeton, Massachusetts , the watershed generally known as the Upper Worcester Plateau, or the Monadnock Upland.