Earlier plans for launching at Little Farms Road in Framingham were scratched upon finding way too little water.
At Pantry Brook the low levels revealed multiple beaver dams between the sheet piling and the river...
The only bridge passed under today...
Shortly after the bridge, Fairhaven Bay was reached...
Two fairly old bottles were liberated from the muck today...
The one on the left is a 1-pint Bostonia Beverages registered soda bottle. It was pretty rugged and had probably been filled and refilled many times at their plant in Natick...possibly dates from the 1930s.
The bottle on the right is a whiskey bottle embossed on the bottom with Warren F. Witherell Co. Boston and may date from around 1917.
The rest of today's small haul...
There were 18 recyclable containers (6 redeemable) and 12 pieces of miscellaneous rubbish.
YTD = 4263
Oldest piece found today may have been the wrought iron oar lock. Perhaps it came off of Henry David's boat???
4 comments:
Hey Trashpaddler, I don't know if you're still out there, or receiving notifications about this blog post.... I stumbled on your post looking for family relics. Warren F Witherell Co. was my great great grandfather's store in Boston.
Hello gimpadelic, Still around and encountering the occasional old bottle such as the Warren F. Witherell one mentioned in this post. Good luck in finding out more about you ancestor. Al
I just found your page again after going down another family rabbit hole. Thought I'd share some information I hope you find interesting. Warren F. Witherell Co. was in importer and grocery chain in Boston. The main location was at Causeway and Hanover Street across from North Station. The building still exists and the store is now a 7-Eleven. This makes sense as they did a brisk business in liqour, tobacco and snacks to people going to and from the train. Enough of the revenue came from alcohol that the store did not survive prohibition.
1907 Photo of the Store:
https://www.historicnewengland.org/explore/collections-access/gusn/212503
Thanks gimpadelic for sharing the additional information you found. The 1907 photograph brings it to life once again. Al
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