125-year-old Dam in Dedham at the United Waste Company on Milton street as the normally placid “Mother Brook” roared over it yesterday. Officials said the dam would hold, despite the volume of water, falling in steady sheets at the left and right, and broken into spray and foam by debris at center.

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Title:
125-year-old Dam in Dedham at the United Waste Company on Milton street as the normally placid “Mother Brook” roared over it yesterday. Officials said the dam would hold, despite the volume of water, falling in steady sheets at the left and right, and broken into spray and foam by debris at center.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Floods: Aug 1955: Misc. Photos
Date:
[ca. August 1955]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Floods
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 183 x 231 mm
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https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/tx31th35g
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Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
[Additional information from item] United Waste Co - Dam Milton St- Dedham “Mother Brook”
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_001173_0019
Barcode:
39999088103237