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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 12., Some old Medford Fish stories. (search)
and generally believed. Just after the history was published, Mr. Swan inserted in his copy the following item he had made note of fourteen years before:— new York, May 12, 1842. Mr Joseph Swan of Medford (now here) says that Mr. Russell of Medford took this month, from the Creek between the upper shipyard and Wears Bridge 107,000 alewives at one haul of the net. C. Swan. As the upper ship-yard of that time was located near the site of the present Winthrop bridge, and as Mr. Swan always termed a tributary stream as far as the tide raised it a creek, the one he referred to was, doubtless, the Menotomy river. This is the largest tributary of the Mystic, has but a slight descent, and is very serpentine in course. It has for a half century been commonly known as Alewife brook. It is highly probable that its present prosaic and diminutive name superceded the former more historic and sonorous one because of the big haul of alewives made by this Medford fisherman. It
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 12., The pump in the market place; and other water supplies of Medford, old and modern. (search)
nt for the Towns use, then their pumps shall be rendered useless & regulated by the selectmen-And also the street shall not in any way be injured by laying said Suction. Ebenezer Hall's house was on the site of the Boston & Maine Railroad station, and Samuel Buell's lot is the site of our City Hall. Was this the precursor of the present system of piping premises and houses, and is there then nothing new under the sun? On the south side of the river on Main street, as far as South and Swan streets, were five wells, and here were several dwelling houses, stores, offices, three blacksmiths' shops, a lumber yard, a stone cutters' yard, and at one time a hotel. These wells supplied all the families in this locality with water for housework, excepting laundry. The Salem pump said: I shall say nothing of my all important aid on washing days; though, on that account alone, I might call myself the household god of a hundred families. Rainwater for this purpose was stored in hogs