Old Highways And Landmarks of Groton Massachusetts
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This highway was built to enable the inhabitants of Groton to go to their grist-mill, wliich was upon the stream near the present Harvard town farm. This was indeed a long distance to go to mill through an Indian country, but as all the machinery, in- cluding the mill-stones, had to be imported, a mill was a very expensive thing to build and maintain, in proportion 12 to the resources available for the purpose. Because of these facts, it was probably thought uecessary that the building should b...e so situated as to accorarnodate as many persons as possil)le, and it is likely that by having it where the}' did, some of the inhabitants of Lancaster could avail themselves of its beneiits. The town of Harvard was not then in existence, and the mill was within the limits of Groton.
The Mill highway, as originally laid out, was six rods witle, except the section along by the hill upon wliich the houses of AViliiam Peabody and Charles Jacobs stand, as far as the crossing of James's Brook, near the house of Henry M.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
This highway was built to enable the inhabitants of Groton to go to their grist-mill, wliich was upon the stream near the present Harvard town farm. This was indeed a long distance to go to mill through an Indian country, but as all the machinery, in- cluding the mill-stones, had to be imported, a mill was a very expensive thing to build and maintain, in proportion 12 to the resources available for the purpose. Because of these facts, it was probably thought uecessary that the building should b...e so situated as to accorarnodate as many persons as possil)le, and it is likely that by having it where the}' did, some of the inhabitants of Lancaster could avail themselves of its beneiits. The town of Harvard was not then in existence, and the mill was within the limits of Groton.
The Mill highway, as originally laid out, was six rods witle, except the section along by the hill upon wliich the houses of AViliiam Peabody and Charles Jacobs stand, as far as the crossing of James's Brook, near the house of Henry M.
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