The Lost Villages Of Scituate

Author : Raymond A. Wolf
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 0738565865

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The Lost Villages of Scituate by Raymond A. Wolf Pdf

In 1915, the general assembly appointed the Providence Water Supply Board to condemn 14,800 acres of land in rural Scituate. The hardworking people of the five villages were devastated. By December 1916, notices were delivered to the villagers stating that the homes and land they had owned for generations were to be taken and destroyed. Construction was well under way by 1921, and water was being stored by November 10, 1925. On September 30, 1926, the treatment plant began operation. It now serves more than 60 percent of Rhode Islanders. The $21 million project was the largest ever undertaken in the state at the time. The dam that annihilated the villages is 3,200 feet long and 100 feet high and holds back more than 40 billion gallons of water. Today these quiet villages lie up to 87 feet beneath the cold, dark waters of the Scituate Reservoir.

Author : Raymond A. Wolf
Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09
Category : History
ISBN : 1531643175

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Lost Villages of Scituate by Raymond A. Wolf Pdf

In 1915, the general assembly appointed the Providence Water Supply Board to condemn 14,800 acres of land in rural Scituate. The hardworking people of the five villages were devastated. By December 1916, notices were delivered to the villagers stating that the homes and land they had owned for generations were to be taken and destroyed. Construction was well under way by 1921, and water was being stored by November 10, 1925. On September 30, 1926, the treatment plant began operation. It now serves more than 60 percent of Rhode Islanders. The $21 million project was the largest ever undertaken in the state at the time. The dam that annihilated the villages is 3,200 feet long and 100 feet high and holds back more than 40 billion gallons of water. Today these quiet villages lie up to 87 feet beneath the cold, dark waters of the Scituate Reservoir.

Author : Raymond A. Wolf
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Authors
ISBN : 1495422763

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Gramma Larson Remembers : the Lost Village of Rockland by Raymond A. Wolf Pdf

"The Lost Village of Rockland is a book of photographs and documents with captions, featuring poems and tales by Helen O. Larson. She was born October 24, 1910 and lived in the village of Rockland with her family until the City of Providence Water Supply condemned the land in 1916, by eminent domain, to build the Scituate Reservoir. Known to friends and family as Gramma Larson, she tells her story of growing up in the small New England village of Rockland, in the Town of Scituate, Rhode Island in the early 1900s. She writes about having to suffer the agony of seeing her village vanish, one building at a time. Through her poetry, she tells stories of her childhood and the heartache she endured as "Friends and family moved far apart, another family moved, another broken heart". She recall her school house sold for only twelve dollars. She wrote her first poem "The Old School House" on the blackboard as the workers were tearing it down. She was only twelve years old at the time. However, it was the beginning of a lifetime of writing poetry. Her son and author Raymond A. Wolf has brought her story to life in "The Lost Village of Rockland"." -- back cover

Author : Taryn Plumb
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781684750177

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Ghost Towns of New England by Taryn Plumb Pdf

People are inexplicably drawn to abandoned places. Believe it or not, New England is home to numerous ghost towns long abandoned, but filled with mystery, unexpected beauty, and a sense that these locations are simply biding their time, waiting for people to return. Taryn Plumb explores dozens of locations in the region, revealing the surprising histories of the towns and the reasons they were abandoned. In Maine, sites include Flagstaff, whose citizens were forced out to make way for a dam and which now sits at the bottom of Flagstaff Lake; Riceville, wiped out by cholera; and Perkins Township, which was abandoned so suddenly the remaining houses are still filled with furnishings. Locations in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut are also covered in this unique and fascinating tour.

Author : Raymond A. Wolf
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-11
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781439639023

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The Scituate Reservoir by Raymond A. Wolf Pdf

In 1772, portions of Providence received water through a system of hollowed out logs. By 1869, seventeen years after Zachariah Allen campaigned for a public water supply, the public voted in favor of introducing water into the city from the Pawtuxet River in Cranston. By 1900, it was clear that more, purer water was needed. A public law was approved on April 21, 1915, creating the Providence Water Supply Board and granting the power to condemn 14,800 acres to create the Situate Reservoir. Today the reservoir is the largest inland body of water in Rhode Island, supplying over 40 billion gallons of water to residents.

Author : Raymond A. Wolf
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738597522

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Pawtuxet Valley Villages by Raymond A. Wolf Pdf

Between 1806 and 1821, a dozen mills were built on the Pawtuxet River, shaping the economy of surrounding villages. The mills provided a livelihood for the villagers who settled in the valley and drew immigrants looking for a better life from Canada, Italy, Portugal, Sweden, and other faraway countries. For over 100 years, the mills were a thriving industry until it became more economical to move them to the South where cotton was grown. Pawtuxet Valley Villages: Hope to Natick to Washington travels down the North Branch of the Pawtuxet River from the village of Hope to Natick, then back up the South Branch to Washington Village. Over 200 previously unpublished images tell the story of 18 villages located in 5 cities and towns.

Author : Heritage Room Committee
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1998-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0738564192

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Scituate, Rhode Island by Heritage Room Committee Pdf

Scituate, Rhode Island, was first inhabited by the Nipmuc and Narragansett Indians. The first white settler, John Mathewson, came in 1694 and found a land of many ponds and streams. More emigrants came from Massachusetts in the early 1700s, and the town was incorporated in 1731. These hard-working settlers made their living from the land, coaxing apples, corn, and potatoes to grow from the hilly and rocky soil. Scituateas plentiful water resources brought manufacturing to the area in 1806, and 16 villages developed around the many mills that were established here. Scituateas abundant water supply also made it the chosen site for a reservoir to provide water for the growing needs of the city of Providence. By 1915, the City of Providence began to condemn by eminent domain over 25 square miles of Scituateas land area. Upon completion in 1926, the reservoir had flooded the villages and changed the way of life for the townspeople forever. The history of these so-called alost villagesa has not been shown in pictures before. Here, Heritage Room committee members Shirley D. Arnold, Eleanor R. Guy, and Ruth S. Rounds tell the story of the people who lost everything and how Scituate became what it is today.

Author : Heritage Room Committee
Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1998-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1531641865

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Scituate, Rhode Island by Heritage Room Committee Pdf

Scituate, Rhode Island, was first inhabited by the Nipmuc and Narragansett Indians. The first white settler, John Mathewson, came in 1694 and found a land of many ponds and streams. More emigrants came from Massachusetts in the early 1700s, and the town was incorporated in 1731. These hard-working settlers made their living from the land, coaxing apples, corn, and potatoes to grow from the hilly and rocky soil. Scituate's plentiful water resources brought manufacturing to the area in 1806, and 16 villages developed around the many mills that were established here. Scituate's abundant water supply also made it the chosen site for a reservoir to provide water for the growing needs of the city of Providence. By 1915, the City of Providence began to condemn by eminent domain over 25 square miles of Scituate's land area. Upon completion in 1926, the reservoir had flooded the villages and changed the way of life for the townspeople forever. The history of these so-called "lost villages" has not been shown in pictures before. Here, Heritage Room committee members Shirley D. Arnold, Eleanor R. Guy, and Ruth S. Rounds tell the story of the people who lost everything and how Scituate became what it is today.

Author : Raymond A. Wolf
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 0738576905

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Foster by Raymond A. Wolf Pdf

Foster, originally incorporated as part of Scituate in 1731, became a separate community in 1781. The town was named in honor of Theodore Foster, a coauthor of the bill of incorporation. By 1820, the population topped out at 2,900 and then sharply declined. The building of the Scituate Reservoir between 1915 and 1925 contributed to this decline as the Providence and Danielson Railway decided not to relocate trolley service to the area. The population would not surpass the 1820 figures until 1975, when it reached 3,000. Today, Foster is known for its simple, country lifestyle; friendly and neighborly residents; and plentiful open spaces with clean air and clear streams.

Author : Raymond A. Wolf
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 0738575208

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West Warwick by Raymond A. Wolf Pdf

By 1912, the citizens of the western portion of Warwick had been talking about secession. They possessed all the mills on the Pawtuxet River and were largely democratic, while the eastern section was primarily republican. Finally in 1913, the town of West Warwick was incorporated and became the youngest town in the state of Rhode Island. West Warwick still maintains that status today as it celebrates its centennial in 2013. The town of nine villages--Arctic, Centreville, Clyde, Crompton, Lippitt, Natick, Phenix, River Point, and Wescott--has grown to be the 10th largest out of 39 cities and towns in Rhode Island. It is mainly located in the Valley of the Pawtuxet.

Author : Rhode Island. Division of Vital Statistics
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1859
Category : Rhode Island
ISBN : UOM:39015069440918

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Report to the General Assembly of Rhode Island Relative to the Registry and Returns of Births, Marriages and Deaths by Rhode Island. Division of Vital Statistics Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1859
Category : Rhode Island
ISBN : NYPL:33433062751288

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Report of Vital Statistics for Rhode Island by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1859
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:24504142344

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Report relating to the registry and return of births, marriages and deaths and of divorce in the state of Rhode Island. 1858 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Raymond Wolf
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1503080072

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Famous People, Family and Friends by Raymond Wolf Pdf

Famous People, Family and Friends is the fourth book in the Gramma Larson Remembers series. Helen O. Larson was born in 1910 in the Village of Rockland in the Town of Scituate, Rhode Island. She wrote her first poem in the summer of 1923 at the age of twelve as her village was being torn down to construct the Scituate Reservoir. In her later years she picked up the handle of being called Gramma Larson. During her 82 years of writing rhymes, she wrote about many things. This book is broken down into three books: Famous People & More, Family, and Friends. The second book, Family, is in four chapters; her sons, Paul and Raymond, her Grandchildren, and her Great Grandchildren. In each category the rhymes are chronologically listed by date when available. Many of her rhymes tell of her deepest feelings. Everyone always told her it was a gift she had. Her son, Raymond A. Wolf, has sprinkled verses of her poetry in his six history books; The Lost Villages of Scituate, The Scituate Reservoir, Pawtuxet Valley Villages, West Warwick, Coventry, and Foster all part of the Images of America series by Arcadia Publishing. The Gramma Larson Remembers series, including The Lost Village of Rockland, Diary of Love Poems, and Elvis Presley, feature Helen O. Larson's poems in their entirety. Although she passed away in 2005, in her 94th year, her memory lives on through her poetry and tales. Wolf Publishing is proud to make her work available to everyone.

Author : William H. Jordy
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015058139752

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Buildings of Rhode Island by William H. Jordy Pdf

Rhode Island is the smallest state in the union: slightly more than 1,200 square miles, 14 percent of which is taken up by the waters of Narragansett Bay. Yet this tiny enclave contains one of the richest concentrations of important historical architecture to be found anywhere in the United States. Buildings of Rhode Island, the ninth volume in the Society of Architectural Historians' Buildings of the United States series, is a guide to this heritage. Covering the state's thirty-nine cities and towns in some 900 building entries accompanied by approximately 330 illustrations and 55 maps, it combines the comprehensive approach that is a hallmark of the series with a special perspective on Rhode Island's built environment. It is one of the last works of esteemed historian of American architecture William H. Jordy, edited and updated by two of his collaborators and contributors for the volume, Ronald J. Onorato and William McKenzie Woodward. lThe volume covers not only Rhode Island's most important architecture, but also a substantial selection of lesser structures chosen for their distinction or uniqueness. It traces the legacy of nineteenth-century industrialists from their Providence mansions to the cultural and educational institutions they financed to the mills that generated their fortunes to the communities that they built (and in some cases designed) for their workers. Extensive entries on Newport's civic buildings and palatial "cottages" follow finely tuned comparisons among examples of modest vernacular building types found in villages and rural areas throughout Rhode Island. The book also tours the lighthouses, coastal fortifications, and summer enclaves of the Ocean State. The individual entries of Buildings of Rhode Island accumulate as a compelling narrative rooted in William Jordy's years of intimate association with the state and its architecture. Rich in substance, luminous and lucid in insights, his observations also have a lively immediacy that gives a sense of direct encounter with the buildings. We experience their qualities as though standing before the building, then moving around it and sometimes through it. In such a compact territory, fascinating interrelationships among building histories, including links among the architects and clients responsible for the state's building heritage, are especially evident. THE BUILDINGS OF THE UNITED STATES SERIES Sponsored by the Society of Architectural Historians, Buildings of the United States is a series that the New York Times called "one of the most ambitious in publishing history." This is the ninth volume to be published; the full series will include fifty-eight volumes, organized on a state-by-state basis, that together will serve as a valuable resource for scholarship in American architectural history, teaching, preservation, and urban planning and as an indispensable guidebook for general readers interested in their architectural surroundings.