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Somersworth Machine Company Stove

Erin Paul Donovan — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 16:36:09 +0000

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Somersworth Machine Company Stove, Swift River Trail - Pictured here in 2010 at an abandoned campsite in the Horne Brook drainage in Livermore, New Hampshire, is an old stove made by the Somersworth Machine Company in Great Falls (today's Somersworth), New Hampshire. This stove is a protected artifact; the removal of historical artifacts from federal lands without a permit is a violation of federal law...[Continue reading]

Bartlett and Albany Railroad

Erin Paul Donovan — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 13:54:37 +0000

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Bartlett and Albany Railroad, New Hampshire - The Bartlett and Albany Railroad was a logging railroad in the White Mountains towns of Bartlett and Albany. On October 21, 1887, the New Hampshire legislature approved an act to incorporate the Bartlett and Albany Railroad. The incorporators of the railroad were H.N. Jose, John C. Small, Reuben Wescott, W. F. Milliken, Charles E. Jose, C.F. Buffum, John Gillis, and Frank George. In operation from 1887-1894, the railroad began along the Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad (leased to the Maine Central Railroad in 1888) in Bartlett village, and it traveled in a southerly direction, over Bear Notch, ending at the Passaconaway settlement in Albany, near the Russell-Colbath homestead....[Continue reading]

Noyes & Goddard Stove (historical artifact)

Erin Paul Donovan — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 14:42:11 +0000

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Noyes & Goddard, Swift River Railroad - Seen here in 2010 is an old stove at the site of the Holland camp along the abandoned Swift River logging Railroad in the New Hampshire White Mountains. This is a Noyes & Goddard stove (1886-1902 +/-) produced in Waterville, Maine. The stove model is "Maine". Incorporated on March 25, 1903, and operated by the Conway Company, the roughly twenty-five mile long Swift River Railroad was in operation from 1906-1916...[Continue reading]

O.G. Thomas Stove (historical artifact)

Erin Paul Donovan — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 14:04:26 +0000

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O.G. Thomas Stove, Profile & Franconia Notch Railroad - Seen here in 2012 are remnants of an O.G. Thomas stove made in Taunton, Massachusetts, at an abandoned dwelling site along the Profile & Franconia Notch Railroad in the New Hampshire White Mountains. This O.G. Thomas stove stove piece is considered to be an artifact, and the removal of historical artifacts from federal lands without a permit is a violation of federal law..[Continue reading]

Gordon Pond Railroad, Artifact

Erin Paul Donovan — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 20:11:12 +0000

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Gordon Pond Railroad, Artifact - This project is focused on the abandoned railroads in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. For the most part, I keep this work separated from my everyday photography business because there is not much interest for this type of imagery outside of New England. Can you help identify this artifact along the abandoned Gordon Pond Railroad (1905-1916) in Woodstock, New Hampshire? Take a look when you get a chance.