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Bellows Falls Canal is a canal constructed to allow boat traffic to bypass Great Falls [1] on the Connecticut River in Bellows Falls, Vermont. [2] It was constructed by the Bellows Falls Canal Company and was one of the first canals in the United States. [3] It was used for transport, to power mills, and later for hydroelectric power. The ...
The tunnel is 278 feet long, extending from the north side of Mill Street to within 157 feet of the Bellows Falls Canal Bridge. As of August 2007 the vertical clearance of the tunnel was (20 ft. 8 in.). There is a slight down grade from south to north. There is a curve to the west (looking south), just south of the tunnel and its grade crossing.
The George–Pine–Henry area is located west of the village's first major residential area (encompassed by the Bellows Falls Neighborhood Historic District), which saw significant development mainly in the 19th century. This area is roughly rectangular in shape, bounded by Pine, Burt, George, and Atkinson Streets.
The residential historic district, when first designated in 2002, was a roughly 42-acre (17 ha) bounded on the north by School Street, the east by Westminster Street, and the west by Atkinson Street (United States Route 5), extending a short way west of Atkinson on Burt Street and Hapgood Place. [2]
The Adams Gristmill Warehouse is a historic industrial building on Bridge Street in Bellows Falls, Vermont. Built about 1925 by Frank Adams & Co., proprietors of the Adams Gristmill, it is a well-preserved example of a functional railroad-related industrial warehouse. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1]
Bellows Falls Petroglyph Site (VT-WD-8) January 22, 1990 : Address Restricted: Bellows Falls: 7: Bellows Falls Times Building ... Canal Street Schoolhouse: August 19 ...
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The Williams Street Extension was developed beginning about 1880, in order to address the need for worker housing in the industries of Bellows Falls, Rockingham's most populous and economically significant village. The area was platted out as early as 1872, when the land was owned by the Bellows Falls Canal Company. Between 1880 and 1900 twelve ...