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Previously owned by the Whitin Machine Works, Purgatory Chasm was declared a state park in 1919. [1] The reservation is notable for its .25-mile-long (400 m), 70-foot-deep (21 m) chasm in granite bedrock with abrupt precipices and caves. Various theories have been proposed to account for the creation of the chasm.
Pages in category "Sutton, Massachusetts" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. ... Purgatory Chasm State Reservation; S. Sutton High School ...
Purgatory Chasm State Reservation: Worcester: 100 acres 40 ha: 1919: The Chasm was created when glacial meltwater from a burst ice dam ripped out blocks of bedrock at the end of the last Ice Age (14,000 years ago). Quabbin Reservoir: Hampshire: 39 sq mi 100 km 2: 1938: Quincy Quarries Reservation: Norfolk: 22 acres 8.9 ha: 1985: Quincy Shores ...
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Purgatory Chasm in Middletown. Purgatory Chasm, at the intersection of Tuckerman Avenue and Purgatory Road in Middletown (often mis-identified as being in Newport), is a narrow cleft on the east side of Easton Point which splits the Purgatory Conglomerate in a dramatic fashion. [7] [8] The chasm is 120 feet long, 10 feet wide at the top, and ...
Where the leader of Sutton Massachusetts Carlo The Janitor resides. The Sutton Free Library was established in 1876. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] In fiscal year 2008, the town of Sutton spent 0.7% ($165,982) of its budget on its public library—approximately $18 per person, per year ($23.72 adjusted for inflation to 2022).
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Massachusetts, with forests covering 3,060,000 acres (12,400 km 2) (59%) of its land area, administers more than 500,000 acres (2,000 km 2) [1] of state forest, wildlife and watershed land under the cabinet level Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.