| Flatboat Used in S. Hadley Canal
Some flatboats were about 70 feet long and 12 feet wide, with a capacity of 30 tons, some with seven men, three working on each side and the captain steering.
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Glasgow Company
Creators: William Bowdoin, Charles Peck and George Atwater
About 1864, the Glasgow Co. built a paper mill that in 1866 was sold to Edward Wells, and John Southworth, previous stockholders in the Glasgow Co., who organized the Hampshire Paper Co.
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Glasgow Tavern
Creator: Ariel Cooley
The tavern was later called the Palmer House and was located near the canal.
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| Howard, Gaylord & Co.
Creator: Howard and Gaylord Families
The Howard, Gaylord & Co. sash and blind factory was operated by Howard and Gaylord and their descendants until 1929, located where Chap de Laine’s store on College Street was in 2005.
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Mt. Holyoke Summit House
Creator:
John French
Built in 1851, once a hotel, one of a series of mountaintop resorts across New England.
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Mount Holyoke College Ruins of Main Building After 1896 Fire
Creator:
Mount Holyoke College
Ruins of main Mount Holyoke College building after 1896 fire.
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South Hadley From Holyoke 1894
Creator:
M.P. Landscape Photographer, Holyoke, MA
View of old dam and the Carew, Hampshire, and Glasgow mills. A trench is being dug for the foundation of the 1898 Dam.
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The Inclined Plane Used in South Hadley Canal
The inclined plane was an engineering innovation used in the first commercially successful canal in the U.S.
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Moody Ice Company Truck
Creator: Moody Family
John Moody, son of Alfred S. Moody, with Moody Ice Company truck, Canal Street. |
