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Wells River is a village in the town of Newbury in Orange County, Vermont, United States. The population was 431 at the 2020 census. [5] The village center is located at the junction of U.S. Routes 5 and 302. The village center (the portion near the confluence of the Wells River and the Connecticut River) was added to the National Register of ...
Coordinates: 44.1542302°N 72.0470357°W. The Wells River is a tributary of the Connecticut River, approximately 15 miles (24 km) long, in the U.S. state of Vermont. The Wells River begins at the outlet of Ricker Pond at the southern boundary of Groton State Forest in the town of Groton. The river flows generally southeast through the towns of ...
History. The land on which the truck stop was built was used as the Stage Coach Inn in the late 1800s. The property was later bought by Delbert A. Leete in 1949, and initially used as a dairy farm. [2] Following the installation of Interstate 91, Leete opened Del's Diesel on the property in the late 1970s, [2] this was later expanded into Del's ...
September 3, 1976. Designated CP. July 28, 1983. The Wells River Graded School is a historic school building on United States Route 5 in the Wells River village of Newbury, Vermont. Built in 1874, it is one of the state's finest examples of Second Empire architecture. Now in commercial use, it was listed on the National Register of Historic ...
There are 64 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 1 National Historic Landmark. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted September 5, 2024.[2] Contents: Counties in Vermont. Addison - Bennington - Caledonia - Chittenden - Essex - Franklin - Grand Isle - Lamoille ...
253 feet (77 m) [1] History. Construction end. 1805, 1853, 1903, reopened 2001-2003. Location. The Wells River Bridge between Wells River, Vermont and Woodsville, New Hampshire, is a steel double-decked Baltimore truss bridge over the Connecticut River. It was built in 1903 to carry rail and road traffic.
The Washington County Railroad (reporting mark WACR) is a shortline railroad operating in Vermont and a sliver of New Hampshire, forming part of the Vermont Rail System.The WACR began operating in 1980 over the old Montpelier and Barre Railroad in Washington County, which the state acquired to ensure the continuance of rail service, and ceased operations in early 1999.
The CP's lines in Vermont were composed of the former Newport and Richford Railroad, leased to the Canadian Pacific in 1881, along with 64 miles (103 km) of former Boston and Maine trackage from Newport to Wells River. A portion of the Newport Subdivision route between Newport and Richford follows the Mississquoi River through Highwater and ...