Whirlpool?
New Ipswich Historical Society
Whirlpool?
This photo like so many others has no documentation, but I wonder if it is the whirlpool at Waterloom Pond, Formed at a sharp turn in the river.
Newspaper Clipping - 1914
Bank Village Post Office Closing
The Bank Village post office will be closed and discontinued on Jan. 15, 1914, per order of the fourth assistant post- master general.
This office was established in 1884 through the instrumentality of Charles L. Tarbell, who received the appointment of postmaster and held it continuously for about 25 years.
His successor was Mrs. Ida M. Frye, who has been postmaster about five years. The mail of all subscribers to this office has been ordered to be ac- counted for at New Ipswich central post office..
James Roger diary entries
23rd July 1912
Cold north wind; good drying day for the hay. Dave & Henry spread out the hay in little field and took down to Henry’s the hay from Jenny Fox’s and brought in the hay from little field—the last of the season. David went to cut Hardy’s grass but broke his machine.
On another subject, the Finns. We talked about Finns coming NH in the late 1800s. What most people don't know is that they were in NJ in the mid 1600s. The C. A. Nothnagle Log House in NJ was built between 1638 and 1643. It is believed to be the oldest log cabin in the country. The home’s construction suggests that it was built by Finnish immigrants since it features tell-tale Scandinavian details like an asymmetrical fireplace and a chimney that sits inside the building for extra warmth. The New Jersey house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, and a local couple, Harry and Doris Rink, have been taking care of the property since 1968. They live in an adjacent house and have been caring for the cabin and offering free tours for decades. Harry does all the repairs by hand, using local clay to keep the cabin as true to its original form as possible. Though the Rinks intend to stay on the property and continue giving tours, the house itself was on sale for $2.9 million in 2018 — a price that includes the home’s historical furnishings and artifacts.
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My guess is that the photo was taken from the bridge which was upstream from the whirlpool. The photo looks downstream and the whirlpool would be around the bend beyond view. The rumor about the whirlpool is that some local men floated a large stump and sent it into the whirlpool choking it off.