. New England; a human interest geographical reader. tton 1 •Kw4 ai Mancheslei mill in the world. It gets power from the AmoskeagFalls, which have a drop of fifty-five feet. The fallshave an Indian name which means fishing-place. Thiswas a great resort of the savages, and the fisheries herewere of important value to the early settlers. Theshad passing up the falls in the spring are said tohave been so numerous that a man could not puthis hand into the water without touching some ofthem. New Hampshire Places and People 281 Many mills have been built on the tributaries ofthe larger streams, and
. New England; a human interest geographical reader. tton 1 •Kw4 ai Mancheslei mill in the world. It gets power from the AmoskeagFalls, which have a drop of fifty-five feet. The fallshave an Indian name which means fishing-place. Thiswas a great resort of the savages, and the fisheries herewere of important value to the early settlers. Theshad passing up the falls in the spring are said tohave been so numerous that a man could not puthis hand into the water without touching some ofthem. New Hampshire Places and People 281 Many mills have been built on the tributaries ofthe larger streams, and the railways have either pre-ceded or followed them, for valleys are the naturalthoroughfares for the railways. As a consequence themost populous villages are in these valleys. Some ofthe early mill villages grew up in situations that therailroads could not profitably reach, and in that caseboth the mills and the villages have usually been. Livermore Falls on the Merrimack Ri abandoned. Economical transportation is just asnecessary for profitable manufacturing as cheappower.
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