. Wells River Bridge and other Haverhill toll bridges . Bridge in 1869. Old Style Locomotive and Car. Zbc Mells IRiver Briboe. By act of the New Hampshire legislature of 1903, theConcord & Montreal railroad was authorized to acquire thestock of the Wells River Bridge, and to fix the rate oftolls. The shares of stock which had not already been ac-quired by that corporation soon came into its possession, sothat except in name, and as a matter of form to preserve thefranchises conveyed by the charter granted to the Bridgeproprietors in 1803, the Wells River Bridge may be saidsaid to have passed o
. Wells River Bridge and other Haverhill toll bridges . Bridge in 1869. Old Style Locomotive and Car. Zbc Mells IRiver Briboe. By act of the New Hampshire legislature of 1903, theConcord & Montreal railroad was authorized to acquire thestock of the Wells River Bridge, and to fix the rate oftolls. The shares of stock which had not already been ac-quired by that corporation soon came into its possession, sothat except in name, and as a matter of form to preserve thefranchises conveyed by the charter granted to the Bridgeproprietors in 1803, the Wells River Bridge may be saidsaid to have passed out of existence after a hundred years ofinteresting history. Some of the more important facts ofthis history have recently been published by Mr. F. in a letter to the St. Johnsbury Caledonian. says : Er Chamberlin was, about 1770, the first settler inwhat is now the village of Wells River, and his first dwell-ing: was on the river bank where the stream, which bearsthe same name as the village, joins the Connecticut. Onor near the
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