. Farmington, Connecticut, the village of beautiful homes. sed the o])ening and Will and lo gel out of the way id the rush-ing tide, the lirsl water in the oldFarmington canrd. IN nif. OIJ) cyxwh—.!( ,S;)iui-c limik. those old canalers could (or theircooks could) make savory dishes outof Cape Cod turkey and eloquent beansand jincy pork. Long live the mem-oi-y of the old Jiiincs Hillhousc andher jolly Captain Dickinson. The part of the canal through whichCouunandcr Hooker saw the lirstwater rmi was known as the took water from a dam across river a little below Llu
. Farmington, Connecticut, the village of beautiful homes. sed the o])ening and Will and lo gel out of the way id the rush-ing tide, the lirsl water in the oldFarmington canrd. IN nif. OIJ) cyxwh—.!( ,S;)iui-c limik. those old canalers could (or theircooks could) make savory dishes outof Cape Cod turkey and eloquent beansand jincy pork. Long live the mem-oi-y of the old Jiiincs Hillhousc andher jolly Captain Dickinson. The part of the canal through whichCouunandcr Hooker saw the lirstwater rmi was known as the took water from a dam across river a little below Lluon-ville. and delivered it into the maincanal just above the aqueduct, supply-ing the place of unavoidable leakagefrom Xorthampton to Farnnnglon. .\considerable source of water wasfrom the numerous brooks wdiichemptied into the canal, and, lest thesupply should, during a protractedstorm, be in excess, a contrivance calledthe waste-gates was built on the lineof Poke Brook. Hither, after cverxstorm, .Mr. Leonard Winship uught 136 FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT,. ^^ ?sUAMii:s-- m?? ; --w i;i:siiii;-M i: nr ii\iii|ii\ i,
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