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Tag: 1894

Dow Brook and Bull Brook

May 20, 2026May 20, 2026 Gordon Harris1 Comment

Bull Brook originates in Willowdale, crosses Linebrook Rd. and merges with Dow Brook at the Ipswich Utilities site on Rt. 1A. From that point the combined stream becomes the Egypt River.

Posted in History, Places, TrailsTagged 1894, Bull Brook, Dow Brook, featured, trail, Utilities

1894: the Year that Ipswich Burned

December 9, 2025December 9, 2025 Gordon HarrisLeave a comment

At about 1:30 am, Police gave the alarm that Central Street was on fire.The citizens of Ipswich tumbled out from their beds and faced as wicked a night as the town has ever seen. Four months later the other end of downtown burned.

Posted in Fires, HistoryTagged 1894, Depot, Ipswich

The Green Street Bridge

February 18, 2024January 6, 2025 Gordon HarrisLeave a comment
Green Street Bridge painting by Theodore Wendel

Twenty years after building the County Street Bridge, construction began for the Green Street Bridge. The original structure was made of wood but was later replaced by an arched bridge of stone on May 14, 1894. This was the fifth bridge built on the Ipswich River in the Town of Ipswich.

Posted in History, RoadsTagged 1894, Ipswich River, Paul McGinley, tourism

Central Street in Ashes, January 13, 1894

January 2, 2023December 31, 2024 Gordon HarrisLeave a comment
1894 Central Street fire, Ipswich MA

Early in the morning of Jan. 13, 1894, several businesses on Central Street went up in flames. Three months later the other end of Market St. burned, and the town finally voted to build a water system.

Posted in Fires, History, RoadsTagged 1894, Ipswich Neighbors, January, town government
Ipswich MA historic photos by William Varrel

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