Ashworth Airphoto Aerial Photographs of Concord, Mass., [ca. 1938]
Image no. 24: Nashawtuc Hill, Boston & Lowell line tracks, Barrett's Mill Road, Spencer Brook, Nick Macone's Pond,
Sudbury & Assabet Rivers, Egg Rock, Route 2, Howard Johnson's Restaurant, Derby Farm, Route 62.
Vault, B5,Unit 20
EXTENT: One container.
ORGANIZATION: Organized into two series. Series I: Aerial photographs, taken from lower elevation (42 photos); Series II: Aerial photographs, taken from higher elevation (34 photos).
HISTORY: Undetermined.
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Two series of aerial photographs taken of the town of Concord, Massachusetts, 1938 (determined to be taken prior to the Hurricane of
21 September 1938). The photographs measure 23.5 cm. x 17.5 cm.
SOURCE OF ACQUISITION: Gift of Marcia Rasmussen for Concord Dept. of Planning and Land Management, 2002.
NOTES/COMMENTS: Map locations identified with the assistance of Richard Stevenson.
PROCESSED BY: C. Manoli-Skocay, April 2011.
Container List
Series I: Aerial photographs taken from lower elevation
Ashworth Description
Number
1. Unnumbered Topographic reconnaissance map of Concord, key to Series I
aerial photos, undated.
2. 3 Route 2, Concord-Lincoln town line. Includes Sandy (Flint’s)
Pond, Goose Pond, Crosby’s Pond, Fairyland Pond, Walden Pond,
Walden Breezes Trailer Park, Crosby’s Corner, Cambridge
Turnpike, Walden Street, Pine Hill.
3 4 Route 2, Cambridge Turnpike. Includes Sandy Pond Road,
Crosby’s Pond, Route 2A connector, Lexington Road, Hawthorne
Lane, Old Bedford Road, Kenney Farms, Bedford Street,
Marabello House (old school house moved from behind the
Concord Free Public Library).
4. 5 Bedford Street, Lexington Road, Virginia Road. Includes
Boston & Lowell Line tracks, Great Meadows, St. Bernard’s
Cemetery, Meriam’s Corner, Thoreau Birthplace, Old Bedford
Road, Sewage Treatment Plant, Concord River, Kenney Farms,
Gowing’s Swamp.
5. 6 Bedford Street, Concord River. Includes Great Meadows,
Concord-Bedford town line, Boston & Lowell Line tracks, St.
Bernard’s Cemetery, Prescott Road, Virginia Road, Old Bedford
Road, Monument Street.
6. 7 Bedford Street, Concord River, Monument Street. Includes
Bedford town line, Boston & Lowell Line tracks, Ball’s Hill Road,
Great Meadows.
7. 8 Concord River, Monument Street. Includes Ball’s Hill Road,
Lawrence Farm.
8. 9 Concord-Bedford-Carlisle town lines. Includes Concord
River, Monument Street, Route 225 Bridge.
9. 13 Fairhaven Bay, Concord-Lincoln town line. Includes Sudbury
River, Lee’s Bridge, Farrar’s Pond, Sam Staples’ Camp, C. F.
Adams Estate (Lincoln), Boston & Maine Line tracks, Route 126,
Mt. Misery.
10. 14 Fairhaven Bay, Walden Pond. Includes Concord-Lincoln town
line, Boston & Maine Line tracks, Route 126, Pine Hill, C.F.
Adams Estate (Concord), Thompson House, Sam Staples’ Camp.
11. 15 Route 2, Walden Pond. Includes Goose Pond, Walden Street,
Fairyland Pond, Thoreau Street, Boston & Maine Line tracks, C.F.
Adams Estate (Concord), Sudbury Road, Potter Street, Fairhaven
Road, Old Road to Nine Acre Corner, Macone sand pits (present
CCHS site), Brister’s Hill, Deep Cut, Laurel Glen.
12. 16 Concord Center, Route 2, Boston & Maine line tracks. Includes
Macone sand pits, Fairyland Pond, Cambridge Turnpike, Lexington
Road, Sudbury Road, Fairhaven Road, Potter Street, Mill Brook,
Hawthorne Lane, Heywood Street, Nashawtuc Bridge.
13. 17 Concord Center, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. Includes Boston &
Maine Line tracks, Route 2, Egg Rock, Concord, Sudbury &
Assabet Rivers, Walden Street, Thoreau Street, Macone sand pits,
Fairyland Pond, Cambridge Turnpike, Lexington Road, Sudbury
Road, Fairhaven Road, Potter Street, Mill Brook, Hawthorne Lane,
Heywood Street, Nashawtuc Bridge, Lowell Road, Bedford Street,
St. Bernard’s Cemetery.
14. 18 Old North Bridge, Great Meadows. Includes Lowell Road, Bed-
ford Street, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, St. Bernard’s Cemetery,
Flint’s Bridge, Monument Street, Barnes Hill Road, Estabrook
Woods, Estabrook Road, Egg Rock.
15. 19 (2) Monument Street, Concord River, Great Meadows. Includes
Lowell Road, Old North Bridge, Punkatasset Hill, Hutchins Farm,
Sewage Treatment Plant, Saw Mill Brook.
16. 20 Monument Street, Ball’s Hill Road, Concord River. Includes
Hutchins Farm, Robb House, Lawrence Farm, Saw Mill Brook,
Punkatasset Hill.
17. 21 Monument Street to Concord-Carlisle town line. Includes
Lawrence Farm, Ball’s Hill Road.
18. 22 Concord-Carlisle town line, Monument Street.
19. 25 Concord-Sudbury-Wayland-Lincoln town lines. Includes
Brigham Farm, Lee’s Bridge, Sudbury Road, Garfield Road,
Wheeler-Anderson Farm, Nine Acre Corner, Sudbury River,
Farrar’s Pond, Wheeler Road, Fitchburg Turnpike (Route 117),
Andy Boy Farms, Plainfield Road, Frank Wheeler Farm
(Nashawtuc Country Club).
20. 26 Nine Acre Corner. Includes Sudbury Road, Garfield Road,
Fitchburg Turnpike (Route 117), Plainfield Road, Powder Mill
Road, Old Road to Nine Acre Corner, Seven Star Lane, Conantum
area, White Pond, Frank Wheeler Farm, Wheeler-Anderson Farm,
Brigham Farm, Lee’s Bridge, Fairhaven Bay, Derby/Beede Farm.
21. 27 Sudbury Road, Sudbury River. Includes Conantum area,
Heath’s Bridge (Hubbard’s Bridge), Fairhaven Hill, C.F. Adams
Estate (Concord), Thompson House, Derby/Beede Farm, Dr.
MacDonald House, Seven Star Lane, Dumain Estate, Garfield
Road, Route 2, Potter Street, Bigelow/Souter Estate, Old Road to
Nine Acre Corner, Williams Road, Concord Country Club,
Mattison Farm, Jones Farm, Flint House, Powder Mill Road,
Green’s Pond.
22. 28 Sudbury River, Concord Country Club. Includes Route 2,
Sudbury Road, Heath’s Bridge (Hubbard’s Bridge), Bigelow/
Souter Estate, Boston & Maine Line tracks, Judge French
House/Victory Lee Stables, Coolidge Park, Main Street (Route 62),
Old Road to Nine Acre Corner, Edison Substation, Emerson
Hospital, Rivercrest, Deaconess Home, Cottage Street, Old Bridge
Road, Lowell Road, Assabet River, Upland Road, Harrington
Avenue, Williams Road, Mattison Farm, Jones Farm, Jenny Dugan
House.
23. 29 Main Street toward West Concord, Route 2. Includes
Sudbury River, Sudbury Road, Elm Street, Concord Center,
Nashawtuc Hill, Boston & Maine Line tracks, Assabet River, Old
Bridge Road, Harvey Wheeler House, Coolidge Park, Concord
Country Club, Emerson Hospital, Rivercrest, Deaconess Home,
West Concord Junction, Boston & Lowell Line tracks, Upland
Road, Old Marlborough Road, Cottage Street.
24. 30 Nashawtuc Hill. Includes Wright Farm, College Road, Strawberry
Hill Road, Boston & Lowell Line tracks, Barrett’s Mill Road,
Spencer Brook, Nick Macone’s Pond, Nashoba Road, Crescent
Street, Concord, Sudbury & Assabet Rivers, Egg Rock, Baker
Avenue, Route 2, Howard Johnson’s Restaurant, Assabet Avenue,
Grove Street, Derby Farm (General Radio site), Boston & Maine
Line tracks, Main Street (Route 62).
25. 31 Spencer Brook. Includes Macone’s Pond, Lowell Road, Barrett’s
Mill Road, Barrett’s Mill, Barnes Hill Road, Assabet River,
Boston & Lowell Line tracks, Strawberry Hill Road, College Road,
Wright Farm, Grove Street, Assabet Avenue.
26. 32 Bateman’s Pond. Includes Middlesex School, portion of
Estabrook Woods, Lowell Road, Westford Road, Farmer’s Cliff,
Gladys Clark’s house and farm, Spencer Brook, Spencer Brook
Road, Strawberry Hill Road, Macone Farms, Barrett’s Mill Pond,
College Road, Concord-Acton town line.
27. 33 Concord-Acton and Concord-Carlisle town lines. Includes
Bateman’s Pond, Middlesex School, Lowell Road, Westford
Road, Spencer Brook, Spencer Brook Road, Triangle Farm,
section of Estabrook Woods, Pope Road.
28. 40 Fitchburg Turnpike (Route 117), Concord-Sudbury town
line. Includes portion of White Pond, Boston & Lowell Line tracks,
Old Pickard Road.
29. 41 White Pond, Concord-Sudbury town line. Includes Powder
Mill Road, Boston & Lowell line tracks, Old Marlborough Road,
Plainfield Road.
30. 42 Powder Mill Road. Includes Powder Mills, Hayward’s Pond, Old
Pickard Road, section of White Pond, Boston & Lowell Line tracks,
Old Marlborough Road, Plainfield Road.
31. 43 West Concord. Includes Second Division Brook, Hayward’s
Pond, Hayward’s Mill, Crest Street, Damon Mill, Old Rifle
Range, Williams Road, Assabet River.
32. 44 West Concord, Concord-Acton town line. Includes Warner’s
Pond, Assabet River, Boston & Maine Line tracks, Boston &
Lowell Line tracks, West Concord Railroad Station, Main Street
(Route 62), Massachusetts Avenue, Route 2 at Assabet Avenue,
Elm Street at Route 2, Nashoba Brook, Old Bridge Road, Old
Marlborough Road, Pine Street, West Concord School, Harvey
Wheeler School, Harrington Avenue, Harrington House, Damon
Mill, Old Stow Road, Howard Johnson’s Restaurant, Conant Street,
Rideout Playground, Second Division Brook, Hayward’s Pond,
Hayward’s Mill, Crest Street.
33. 45 Warner’s Pond, Concord-Acton line. Includes West Concord,
Assabet River, Boston & Maine Line tracks, Boston & Lowell line
tracks (Old Colony line), Nashoba Brook, Commonwealth Ave.
Concord Reformatory, Prison Farm, Union Turnpike, Route 2,
Route 2A, Main Street (Route 62), Church Street, Lawsbrook
Road, Barrett’s Mill Road, College Road, Conant Street, Derby
Farm, Harness Factory.
34. 46 Concord-Acton town line, West Concord. Includes Annursnac
Hill Reservoir, Route 2, Route 2A, Concord Reformatory, Barrett’s
Mill Road, Mass. Ave., Commonwealth Avenue, Boston & Lowell
Line tracks, Nashoba Brook, Warner’s Pond, Assabet Avenue,
Grove Street.
35. 47 Concord-Acton town line, Strawberry Hill Road. Includes
Annursnac Hill Reservoir.
36. 54 Concord-Acton-Maynard-Sudbury town lines. Includes Assabet
River, Damon Mill, Powder Mills, Hayward’s Pond.
37. 55 Concord-Acton line, Assabet River. Includes Powder Mills,
Boston & Maine Line tracks, Hayward’s Pond, Route 62, Damon
Mill.
38. 82 Concord Center, Sudbury River. Includes Route 2, Conantum
area, Sudbury Road, Old Road to Nine Acre Corner, Boston &
Lowell Line tracks, Potter Street, Fairhaven Road, Boston & Maine
Line tracks, Main Street, Elm Street, Nashawtuc Hill, Baker
Avenue, Crescent Street, Nashoba Road, Old Marlborough Road,
Williams Road, Coolidge Park.
39. 84 Great Meadows, Monument Street. Includes Concord River,
Saw Mill Brook, Hutchins Pond, Flint’s Bridge, Fenn School,
Pippin Tree Farm, Hutchins Farm, Punkatasset Hill,
Robb/Kahn/Redstone/Hack home, Liberty Street, Buttrick Estate
and groundskeeper’s buildings, Barnes Hill Road, Barrett’s Mill
Road, Estabrook Road, Clark Farm and barn, Lowell Road,
Hildreth Corner, Hildreth House, Farmer’s Cliff.
40. 85 Monument Street. Includes Ball’s Hill Road, Lawrence Farms,
October Farm.
41. 89 Great Meadows, Old North Bridge, Concord River. Includes
Flint’s Bridge, Middlesex RR tracks, Lowell Road, Estabrook
Road, Spencer Brook.
42. 90 Bateman’s Pond, Lowell Road. Includes Middlesex School,
section of Estabrook Woods, Estabrook Road, Westford Road.
Series II: Aerial photographs taken from higher elevation
1. H37-F-127 Acton, Nashoba Brook.
2. H37-F-142 Concord Center, Concord River, Cambridge Turnpike.
Includes Great Meadows, Middlesex RR tracks, Bedford Street,
Crosby’s Pond, Route 2.
3. H37-F-143 Concord River, Lexington Road, Virginia Road. Includes
Great Meadows, Monument Street, Bedford Street, Old Bedford
Road, Concord-Bedford town line, Middlesex RR tracks, Meriam’s
Corner, Bedford Levels, Old North Bridge, Flint’s Bridge.
4. H37-F-144 Concord River, Lexington Road, Monument Street. Includes
Bedford Levels, Virginia Road, Middlesex RR tracks, Ball’s
Hill Road.
5. H37-F-145 Concord River, Route 225 Bridge. Includes Monument Street,
Ball’s Hill Road.
6. H37-F-146 Concord River, Concord-Bedford town line. Include Monument
Street, Bedford Street.
7. H37-F-147 Bateman’s Pond, Middlesex School, Concord-Carlisle town
line.
8. H37-F-148 Bateman’s Pond, Middlesex School. Includes Hutchins Pond,
Monument Street, Concord River, Ball’s Hill Road.
9. H37-F-149 Concord River, Monument Street, Bateman’s Pond. Includes
Hutchins Pond, Macone’s Pond, Great Meadows, Lowell Road.
10. H37-F-150 Concord River, Concord Center, Nashawtuc Hill. Includes
Great Meadows, Middlesex RR tracks, Monument Street,
Macone’s Pond, Route 2, Bedford Street.
11. H37-F-151 Concord Center, Concord, Sudbury & Assabet Rivers. Includes
Egg Rock, Boston & Maine line tracks, Middlesex RR tracks,
Nashawtuc Hill, Monument Street, Bedford Street, Macone’s
Pond, Route 2.
12. H37-F-152 Concord Center, Route 2, Boston & Maine line tracks. Includes
Nashawtuc Hill, Boston & Lowell Line tracks, Concord, Sudbury
and Assabet Rivers, Egg Rock, Lowell Road, Walden Street,
Sudbury Road, St. Bernard’s Cemetery, Goose Pond, Crosby’s
Pond, Fairyland Pond, Old North Bridge, Meriam’s Corner,
Gowing’s Swamp.
13. H37-F-153 Concord Center, Route 2, Walden Pond. Includes Fairhaven
Bay, Boston & Maine Line tracks, Sudbury Road, Route 126,
Laurel Glen, Sandy Pond Road, Cambridge Turnpike, Concord-
Lincoln town line.
14. H37-F-154 Walden Pond, Route 2, Fairhaven Bay. Includes Boston &
Maine Line tracks, Sudbury Road, Route 126, Conantum area,
Laurel Glen, Concord-Lincoln town line.
15. H37-F-155 Fairhaven Bay, Sudbury River. Includes Fitchburg Turnpike
(Route 117), Boston & Maine Line tracks, Nine Acre Corner,
Garfield Road, Sudbury Road, Conantum area, Concord-Lincoln town line.
16. H37-F-156 Sudbury River, Lee’s Bridge. Includes Lincoln, Wayland, Sud-
bury town lines, Farrar’s Pond, Garfield Road, Fitchburg Turnpike
(Route 117).
17. H37-F-157 Sudbury River, Farrar’s Pond. Includes section of Wayland,
Concord-Lincoln town line.
18. H37-F-158 Sudbury River, section of Wayland.
19. H37-F-159 Sudbury River, section of Wayland (continuing southwest).
20. H37-F-170 White Pond, Boston & Lowell Line tracks. Includes Fitchburg
Turnpike (Route 117), Hayward’s Pond, Powder Mill Road, Old
Marlborough Road.
21. H37-F-171 West Concord, Assabet River, Concord River. Includes
Damon Mill, Boston & Lowell Line tracks, Route 62, Hayward’s
Pond, Sudbury Road, White Pond.
22. H37-F-172 West Concord, Warner’s Pond, Assabet River. Includes
Route 2, Elm Street, Boston & Maine Line tracks, Boston &
Lowell Line tracks, Hayward’s Pond, Damon Mill, Concord
Reformatory, Sudbury River.
23. H37-F-173 West Concord, Warner’s Pond, Assabet River (continuing
north). Includes Route 2, Boston & Maine Line tracks, Sudbury
River.
24. H37-F-174 West Concord, Warner’s Pond, Annursnac Hill Reservoir.
Includes Concord Reformatory, Nashoba Brook, Spencer Brook,
Nashawtuc Hill.
25. H37-F-175 Annursnac Hill Reservoir, Spencer Brook, Bateman’s Pond.
Includes Assabet River, College Road, Barrett’s Mill Road.
26. H37-F-176 Bateman’s Pond, Lowell Road, Bedford-Carlisle town
line. Includes Middlesex School.
27. H37-F-177 Lowell Road, Westford Road, Pope Road. Includes Bateman’s
Pond, Strawberry Hill Road, Concord-Carlisle town line.
28. H37-F-178 Acton, Nashoba Brook. Includes Acton Cemetery.
29. H37-F-179 Acton, Nashoba Brook, Annursnac Hill Reservoir. Includes
Acton Cemetery.
30. H37-F-180 Concord-Acton town line, Nashoba Brook. Includes Concord
Reformatory, Annursnac Hill Reservoir, Acton Cemetery,
Massachusetts Avenue, Concord Turnpike.
31. H37-F-181 Warner’s Pond, Concord-Acton town line, Annursnac Hill
Reservoir. Includes Nashoba Brook, Concord Reformatory,
Boston & Maine Line tracks, Boston & Lowell Line tracks,
Commonwealth Avenue, Rideout Playground.
32. H37-F-182 West Concord, Warner’s Pond, Assabet River. Includes
Sudbury River, Concord-Acton town line.
33. H37-F-184 Assabet River, White Pond, Acton-Maynard-Sudbury town
lines. Includes Boston & Maine Line tracks, Boston & Lowell Line
tracks, Powder Mills, Hayward’s Pond, Fitchburg Turnpike (Route
117).
34. H37-F-244R Acton, Nashoba Brook.
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