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Location DB > United States > New Hampshire > Plymouth > Livermore Falls Mill
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Livermore Falls Mill
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created by Mike Dijital on 9/12/2014 1:55 PM
last modified by Emperor Wang on 4/25/2021 1:48 AM
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 Description
Fun spot, worth the trip if you're into old mills, train tracks and bridges.
 Basic Information
Type: Outdoors / Building
Status: Abandoned
Accessibility: Easy - visit Livermore Falls State Forest!
Recommendation: worth the trip
 Physical Information
Address
Route 3
Plymouth, New Hampshire
United States
Owner: State of New Hampshire
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  •  Hazards
  • rust
  • water
  •  Interesting Features
    The pumpkin seed bridge is an interesting landmark.
     Security Measures
     Historical Dates
    Built: 1889
    Closed: 1954
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     History
    LIVERMORE FALLS

    One of the early settlers in this area was Moses Little, who bought thousands of acres of land here in 1771. He served as Moderator, Selectman, and Justice of the Peace. This area was originally known as Little’s Falls. Because of the water power, he was able to establish a saw mill, grist mill, and several other enterprises. He built a house on the west side of the river in 1786. In 1827, Judge Arthur Livermore acquired the property, and the area became known as Livermore Falls.

    The house went through several other owners, including the Holmes and Schofield families. It was run as a boarding house, and became known as the Riverview Hotel. Around 1919, the Emily Balch Cottage Hospital in Plymouth was running out of room. In 1920, the hospital purchased the Schofield property, in Campton, and opened the Sceva Speare Memorial Hospital at this site in 1921. It was in operation until the present Speare Memorial Hospital was built in 1946.

    A small community was established on the east side of the river below the falls. It included a tannery, shingle mill, fish hatchery, and several homes. In 1888, a pulp mill was built by Arthur Homans, but it was destroyed by fire the next year. The Fibrewood Company then built a pulp Mill on the west side of the river, and it too was destroyed by fires in 1890 and 1894. A much larger pulp mill was built slightly upstream in 1889, which was in production under several owners until the early 1950’s. The first was the J.E. Henry Co., and then Parker Young in 1917. A flood in 1973 destroyed the dam and powerhouse. An attempt was made to build a hydroelectric plant on this site in 1988, but the permit was denied. In 1992, an area on the east side was designated a state forest, and a plaque along route 175 marks the site of the first New Hampshire state fish hatchery, built in 1788.

    The first bridge at Livermore Falls was several hundred feet up river from the current one. It was deteriorated and closed, and replaced with a ferry. In 1869, Holderness, Plymouth, and Campton jointly constructed the second bridge, which lasted 14 years. The third bridge was erected in 1886 by the Berlin Iron Bridge Company, the remains of which you see today. It is 103” above the Pemigewasset River, is 263’ long, and was closed in 1959. Because of its unique design, it became known as the “Pumpkin Seed Bridge”.
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  • on Apr 25 21 at 1:49, Emperor Wang validated this location
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