JEWELL BROOK WATERSHED PROJECT - 33 Rare PHOTOGRAPHS - Ludlow VERMONT - 1965

Description

ORIGINAL & VINTAGE VERMONT AGRICULTURE PHOTOGRAPH (S) from the
United States Department of Agricultural, Soil Conservation Department.
DETAILED information given on the backside. PHOTOGRAPHS MEASURES 4 x 5 1/8 inches, including margins. CONDITION/SOME DETAILS: overall excellent -- some paper curl; on a few photos the ink on the backside shows though somewhat, although not visible from the scanned photograph shown.  Some photos are nearly identical, but are still distinct if looked at carefully. One of the 33 photographs is not shown in the listing and is nearly identical to another photograph. Photographs show multiple areas of the Watershed, plus some buildings, roads, farmhouses and a bridge; several excellent landscape photographs; also three photos of downtown Ludlow, volunteer committee group photo [unnamed]; Watershed proposal meeting with names given. Selling as a lot; will not break up the set, complete as found.
SUBJECTS: Sites #1 and #3, Publicity, Watershed meeting, Borrows area.
DATE: September and October 1965
LOCATION: Jewell Brook Watershed, Ludlow, VT
SUBJECT: Jewell Brook Watershed project proposal
ADDITIONAL: The 32 photographs are shown in numerical order; the numbers on the lower margin were made from my computer after
scanning
and they are not actually in the photographs. I am listing
detailed
information on each numbered photograph, for a clearer understanding of the location and some of the specific development proposals
Site #1: Looking north from Mark's property to where Site 2 will be build before shot.
Site #3: Looking across saddle on Hemington property where small dike will be build and
part
of the recreation area will be
developed
.
Site #3: Same locale/description as 2, different photo shot.
Site #3:
Looking
north across dam where recreation lake will be built.
Site #3: Same as 4 locate/description, slightly different photo shot.
Site #3: Looking north across dam where recreation lake will be built. (Farmhouses visible in background)
Site #3 near duplicate photo as 6, slightly different shot.
Site #3: Looking west toward
parking
area an
beach
of proposed recreation site.
Site #3: Looking south across proposed dam for Site #3.
Site #3: Looking west toward proposed beach area
Site #3: Looking east toward proposed parking area and spillway area (Farmstead in background)
Site #3: Looking south across where Site #3 recreation dam will be built (Same farmstead shown in near foreground)
Site #1: Route 100--the bank to the proposed borrows area.
Site #1: Same locale as 13, near
identical
photo shot.
Site #1: Same locale as 13 & 14, near identical photo shot.
Site #1: This is the proposed borrows are of Site #1. [Borrows = soil removed from one location and placed in a different location]
Site #1: Same as 16, different location.
Site #1: Looking across the proposed dam and spillway of Site #1. (Good landscape and mountain photo, near duplicate of this shot is not shown or listed, makes it number 33 of the 32 photographs.
Site #1: This si the site of the proposed diversion ditch behind Shawdy mill. [Old building shown]
Site #1: Looking behind the Shawdy mill where the proposed diversion ditch will go. [Same old building shown from a different site with extension to another building]
Site #1: Looking upstream [not named] into bridge [not named] where proposed diversion ditch will enter.
Site #1: Looking downstream to the bridge where the proposed diversion ditch will enter [same area as 21, different angle/location]
Site #1: Looking downstream from bridge where proposed diversion ditch will enter [Third photo of same site as 21 & 22).
Site #1: Proposed new bridge to be put in where proposed diversion ditch will enter. [Road shown unnamed, building on right]
Publicity: This picture shows -- means of informing people in the Jewell Brook area how to vote int he coming special town meeting. Display was made and put up by the local publicity committee. [Ludlow]
Publicity: same subject as 25, different shot.
Publicity: same subject as 25 & 26, different shot
Site #1 Borrows area: Test hole dug with traxcavator. Louis Dondero, geologist, Wally Hudson, Eng. Tech. and traxcavator operator checking the soil profile in the borrows area.
Site #1 Borrows area: Test hole dug with traxcavator Wally Hudson, Eng. Tech. examines the quality of the borrows material. The other person in the picture is the contractor [unnamed]
Watershed Committee: Active committee members working on the Jewell Brook Watershed Project. Showing: leading active citizens of the Jewell Watershed Project who devoted their time and effort in local activities [all unnamed].
Watershed meeting: People: Pete Robinson, Ludlow Manager holding Watershed meeting. Also: K. Wilson, J. Welsh, R. Dunton, E. Zienowicz, P. Robinson, S. Davis, L. Parkhurst, J. Curitti and R. Thieme. Sponsors of the Jewell Brook Watershed determining priorityas to values to local people
Same as 31, slightly different.
SHIPS USPS First Class with delivery tracking, in an extra stiffened envelope. Additional photographs listed, combine orders with no extra shipping charges.
QUESTIONS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME. Other photographs available, contact me for questions concerning various Vermont farms or other agricultural photographs from the 1950's - 1960's. Some photographs I have in duplicate.