6-671: Seven Mile River or Sevenmile River may refer to a waterway in the United States: Seven Mile River (East Brookfield River) in Massachusetts Sevenmile River (Tenmile River) in Massachusetts and Rhode Island Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Seven Mile River . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
12-515: Is a 9.6-mile-long (15.4 km) stream in central Massachusetts . It heads at Browning Pond , at the Oakham and Spencer border, and travels south through Spencer, following a short distance from State Route 31 (North Spencer Road). It crosses under Route 31 the highway becomes Pleasant Street, then continues south along Old Meadow Road and under State Route 9 near the junction of State Route 49 . It then parallels Route 9 to its south until it joins
18-475: The East Brookfield River between Lake Lashaway and Quaboag Pond . The Seven Mile River drains Spencer and surrounding communities. Modern mapping shows it to be nearly ten miles long. Its mouth is at an elevation of about 600 feet (180 m) above sea level, and its head is at about 745 feet (227 m). This 145-foot (44 m) fall was once used to provide waterpower for industry. There exists
24-653: The length of the river, the bridge is not really 7 miles. In the 1800s, the Seven Mile River furnished waterpower to industry in Spencer. There were many factories along this river. Now a sewage treatment plant stands alone. At the head of Turkey Hill Brook, a major tributary to the Seven Mile River is Sugden Reservoir . The reservoir was part of Spencer's wire drawing industry and fed the Lower Wire Village Mill, which made card wire. This mill originally belonged to
30-479: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seven_Mile_River&oldid=333095771 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Seven Mile River (East Brookfield River) The Seven Mile River or Sevenmile River
36-495: The remnants of several dams, two of which were taken out during a flood in the 1950s and never repaired. They remain as evidence of a forgone era when Spencer was a major manufacturing center. In addition to small local brooks and streams, the Seven Mile River is fed from Turkey Hill Brook north of town and Cranberry River to the south. This river is part of the Chicopee River Watershed . The seven mile name starts from
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