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The Old
Firehouse Museum
.presents the history of this town, which was settled in 1753 and is
the site of our new nation’s first commercially successful canal.
Along with the history of the people and industries of South Hadley,
the Old
Firehouse
Museum commemorates the work of the firefighters who
worked in this fascinating building from 1899 to 1973. There is a
fine display of firefighting gear and, the museum’s most prized
possessions, two 19th-century hand pumpers and a 1926 Dodge Fire
Engine.
Upstairs at the
museum, visitors will find the Gallery with exhibits that change
yearly. Our 2007 exhibit is “Canal Village
1792-1862.” The museum will be open May-September on Sunday from
1:30 to 4:00 pm and also on Wednesday in July and August from 1:30 to
4:00 pm. Also upstairs, the permanent exhibit of the 1890’s Room
displays objects of everyday life.
Our
oral history project with Mount Holyoke College.
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here for our most recent newsletter.
South
Hadley Historical Society publicity.
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here for directions to the museum.
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Other
sources of South Hadley history and other good links.
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