tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629858920757220856.post3429848397756022695..comments2024-03-27T07:58:50.420-04:00Comments on The Backside of America: I Seek Newton, Part VIII: Upper Falls (Section 1)Dave Brighamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14306851310003858054noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629858920757220856.post-20036262847579734162020-09-02T09:28:57.416-04:002020-09-02T09:28:57.416-04:00Love all these great details of times gone by!Love all these great details of times gone by!Dave Brighamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14306851310003858054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629858920757220856.post-64376612056827559892020-09-01T22:20:08.017-04:002020-09-01T22:20:08.017-04:00When I was a kid in Newton Upper Falls it was the ...When I was a kid in Newton Upper Falls it was the site of the Stowe Woodward company. You could see the bowling balls (probably rejects) on the banks of the Charles River. Mostly at the time in the 60's you saw giant rubber rolling pins. Probably newspaper rollers. There was also a Rolls Royce parked at the factory in a reserved single space.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17294949511078668261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629858920757220856.post-86731061506887106862019-01-11T10:56:52.972-05:002019-01-11T10:56:52.972-05:00When I was kid, growing up in Connecticut, I used ...When I was kid, growing up in Connecticut, I used to hang out on the train tracks near my house. One time a very slow-moving train a few hundred yards away had to blast its horn so my friends and I would jump off the tracks and down the embankment.Dave Brighamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14306851310003858054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629858920757220856.post-76924120057981021302019-01-11T10:33:52.207-05:002019-01-11T10:33:52.207-05:00I remember crossing the little railroad tressle wh...I remember crossing the little railroad tressle when I was a kid, scared to death a train would come and I'd have to jump into the black Chrales river.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03963805012212600099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629858920757220856.post-15534869133488966432019-01-05T16:52:32.420-05:002019-01-05T16:52:32.420-05:00Glad to hear it !Glad to hear it !Dave Brighamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14306851310003858054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629858920757220856.post-66867229753775628302019-01-05T14:42:14.650-05:002019-01-05T14:42:14.650-05:00I genuinely enjoy these posts...all the way from B...I genuinely enjoy these posts...all the way from British Columbia, Canada! Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234905798584449328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629858920757220856.post-57592899374204516072018-10-12T11:01:53.631-04:002018-10-12T11:01:53.631-04:00Hey Paul -- glad you enjoyed it! I've driven b...Hey Paul -- glad you enjoyed it! I've driven by those sites on Elliot Street countless times over the years and also don't give them much thought. Would be cool to find old photos online of what it used to look like.Dave Brighamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14306851310003858054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629858920757220856.post-10599983809331123942018-10-11T16:31:38.484-04:002018-10-11T16:31:38.484-04:00Great reading here! I’ve always wondered about th...Great reading here! I’ve always wondered about the city stable and garage on Elliot Street in the Highlands, as well as the fire department up the road in the Highlands...that area is often forgotten, as its not the Upper Falls, and not generally thought of as the Highlands as is the area on the other side of route 9..,,Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00779130851557568927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629858920757220856.post-58179783360176270482018-03-28T13:49:12.255-04:002018-03-28T13:49:12.255-04:00Wow! Where was Deerfoot Farms?Wow! Where was Deerfoot Farms?Dave Brighamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14306851310003858054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629858920757220856.post-86256160837139435412018-03-28T13:48:19.093-04:002018-03-28T13:48:19.093-04:00Yes! I knew about the bowling ball factory. Didn&#...Yes! I knew about the bowling ball factory. Didn't know about the paper factory. Thanks for sharing that!Dave Brighamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14306851310003858054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629858920757220856.post-67576076602656863492018-03-27T21:28:39.042-04:002018-03-27T21:28:39.042-04:00ww2 Italian pow's unloading freight cars for S...ww2 Italian pow's unloading freight cars for Sherman Paper Co. had a compound in upper falls. Behind what was later Deerfoot FarmsPatrick Calnan Sr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04866885280278550489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629858920757220856.post-33798401563074096302018-03-27T10:02:32.598-04:002018-03-27T10:02:32.598-04:00on the corner of oak and needham street where the ...on the corner of oak and needham street where the condo building is today sat an old bowling ball making factory. The old building across the street also was a paper factory.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01292591117480932903noreply@blogger.com