Hemlock Gorge

Hemlock Gorge Dam Reconstruction
The circular dam from under the Route 9 bridgeThe dam from abovePhoto by Kenneth MalloryPhoto by Kenneth MalloryWalk past the circular dam.Temporary fencing installed in 2006DCR replaced a spillway dam

Echo Bridge: A Poem
Go if you will, in your season’s choice Seek out this old bridge of the past Stand in its beauty, lend it your voice Forever, its echo will last. Go

Preserving Echo Bridge
As part of our planning for the aqueducts in Newton, we cannot omit Echo Bridge. This distinctive viaduct carried water for decades across the Charles River in Newton Upper Falls