I have some information about the Fred Stacy mill. It was actually in Ashby, on West Rd., which becomes Ashburnham Rd. At the nearby New Ipswich line. The mill, which sawed lumber and shingles, and pressed cider was on Holt Mill Pond, on the other side of the road from the pond. The mill, Ashby’s last operating water-powered mill, burned in 1941, and arson was suspected. Mt. Watatic is shown past the pond in the photo you shared. - posted on FB by Lee McTighe (Merrilee Herwig)
I have some information about the Fred Stacy mill. It was actually in Ashby, on West Rd., which becomes Ashburnham Rd. At the nearby New Ipswich line. The mill, which sawed lumber and shingles, and pressed cider was on Holt Mill Pond, on the other side of the road from the pond. The mill, Ashby’s last operating water-powered mill, burned in 1941, and arson was suspected. Mt. Watatic is shown past the pond in the photo you shared. - posted on FB by Lee McTighe (Merrilee Herwig)
Fred had 2 mills. One that made shingles, another made cider, both powered by water wheels.
haha the invisible mill made me chuckle, still a pretty photo!
There are beams in the foreground. A mill that was?