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Swift River (Ware River Tributary)
The Swift River is a river in Massachusetts. It has an east branch, a west branch, and a middle branch. It is a tributary of the Ware River. Part of it is dammed in the Swift River Valley to form the Quabbin Reservoir serving Boston and Eastern Massachusetts. Several towns were lost when the reservoir was constructed and filled. Swift River Reservation is located along the east branch. The former Academy at Swift River was located in Plainfield, Massachusetts. It is now a drug addiction treatment facility. ''Letting Swift River Go'', a picture book by Jane Yolen with watercolor illustrations by Barbara Cooney, describes the flooding of the valley to create the reservoir. See also *Quabbin Aqueduct References Rivers of Massachusetts {{Massachusetts-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bondsville Trestle Over Swift River 1910
Bondsville is an area and former census-designated place (CDP) located in the town of Palmer, Massachusetts, Palmer in Hampden County, Massachusetts, Hampden County in the western part of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The population of the CDP was 1,876 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Springfield metropolitan area, Massachusetts, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The village was named after Emelius Bond who first secured the water rights of the Swift River (Ware River tributary), Swift River in 1846 to form the Bond Village Manufacturing Company. History Born in 1800 in Brimfield, Massachusetts, Emelius Bond arrived in what would become Bondsville in 1830 and started a mill that utilized the water power of the Swift River. The Bond Village Manufacturing Company was later granted the legal rights to the waters of the Swift River in 1846. Later, the company would be purchased and become known as the Boston Duck Company which produced fabrics and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
