Subject: Map of the city of Worcester, Massachusetts, showing the roads and waterways in the city. Shows a part of the town broken off and given to Ward, now Auburn. Shows taverns, churches, mills and other buildings in the city.
Hot water was a byproduct of manufacturing at American Steel and Wire which was dumped into Salisbury Pond in the winter of 1899-1900. When the hot water damaged the ice crop at Salisbury Pond, the Walker Ice Company sued for damages.
An early photo of the Tower shortly after it was built. Note the benches and metal ladder in the center. At the time parks were thought of as places of enlightenment and self refinement. These man-made ruins, known as “folleys” were designed with no…