Great Stone Dam
- Also Known As: Essex Company Dam
- Address: Merrimack River and MA 28
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| Charles S Storrow | Engineer | |||||
| Charles H Bigelow | Architect | |||||
| 1846/00/00 | Joseph Robinson Bodwell | Work | Henry Bodwell and his brother Joseph are employed to haul the granite from the quarries in Pelham, New Hampshire, the construction of the Great Stone Dam. | |||
| 1848/09/19 | Essex Company | Owner | The Great Stone Dam at Bodwell's Falls is completed. The original cost of the structure, at the time of building when prices of labor and material ruled low, was about $250,000. |
| Particulars for Great Stone Dam: | |
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| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Historic Use | Energy facility |
| Area of Significance | Engineering |
| Other Description | Overflow weir |
| Sight Category | Structure |
| Historic Use | Water Works |
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