Back to the Future
Looking down the Sugar River as it flows under Puksta Bridge on Claremont’s Broad Street, the city’s robust manufacturing past, its slow industrial decline and recent renewal can be envisioned all at once. The brick buildings that border the south side of the river once hummed with textile machinery operated mostly by immigrant labor. From the mid-1800s through the early 1900s, Monadnock Mills grew steadily with the construction of...
‘A Fascinating Story of Engineering’: Salvaging a Piece of Claremont’s Agricultural History
Claremont — Long before it was an eyesore and safety hazard, the abandoned four-story wooden structure with a cupola on top at 157 Pleasant St. was a sophisticated mechanized grain mill operation at a time when farms and railroads were dominant parts of the state’s economy. Built in 1904 by D. Whiting and Sons, the mill is thought to be the first in the area to rely solely on electricity to process corn, wheat, oats and barley for...
