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Smokestack Demolition in the Planning Stages

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Smokestack and power plant off Douglas Road. Photo Credit: Deborah Gauthier
Holes in the side of the power plant building clearly visible as Concom members Robert Freer tours the site. Photo Credit: Deborah Gauthier
The power plant building in the background, ConCom members Robert Freer and Chairman Wyatt Mills discuss its demolition. Photo Credit: Deborah Gauthier
Conservation Commission member Will Free, Chairman Wyatt Mills and with Robert Gonynor. Photo Credit: Deborah Gauthier
The smokestack and power plant off Douglas Road which once powered Whitin Machine Works. Photo Credit: Deborah Gauthier
Conservation Commission members William Freer and Chairman Wyatt Mills discuss the power plant demolition with Robert Gonynor Photo Credit: Deborah Gauthier
The smokestack attached to the power plant. Photo Credit: Deborah Gauthier
The exterior of the power plant on Douglas Roadl Photo Credit: Deborah Gauthier
A view of the smokestack from Douglas Road. Photo Credit: Deborah Gauthier
A view of the smokestack from Main Street at Meadow Pond. Photo Credit: Deborah Gauthier
Read the Article Demolition Planned for Smokestack, Power Plant

NORTHBRIDGE, Mass. – The smokestack jutting more than 230 feet into the air is an iconic image in the village of Whitinsville as one travels down Main or Douglas streets.

It tells a story, one that started in the 1800s when John Whitin put Northbridge on a path that turned it into a bustling community with thousands of residents employed in its mills.

The smokestack, however, like its use, may soon be a thing of the past.  Attached to the building which once provided power and heat to all the mills that made up Whitin Machine Works, it is unused, in disrepair, and ...
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