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Title
The Pool Below Upper Falls Rumford Maine
Artist
Bob Orsillo
Medium
Photograph - Original Fine Art Landscape Photography By Bob Orsillo
Description
The pool below upper falls. Autumn sunset along the Androscoggin River in Rumford Maine. Original fine art color landscape waterscape photography by Bob Orsillo.
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Originally called New Pennacook Plantation, the township was granted in 1779 to Timothy Walker, Jr. and associates of Concord, New Hampshire. Both Pennacook and Rumford are former names of Concord, from which many early settlers arrived. The first pioneers, however, were Jonathan Keyes and his son Francis in 1782 from Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. Incorporated in 1800, Rumford bears the name of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford. The town would later annex land from Peru and Franklin Plantation.
Located in the foothills of the White Mountains, Rumford is the site of Pennacook Falls, called by historian George J. Varney "the grandest cataract in New England," where the Androscoggin River drops 177 feet (54 m) over solid granite. Bands of St. Francis Indians once hunted and fished here, where salmon spawn in the 13-acre (53,000 m2) pool below Upper Falls, a barrier that fish cannot pass. Indians also came here to trade furs brought from the lakes region. Sawmills and gristmills were built to harness water power from the falls, although Rumford would remain primarily agricultural during its first 100 years.
In 1882, industrialist Hugh J. Chisholm recognized the falls' potential for the manufacture of paper. The first paper mill began operation in 1893, drawing an infusion of people and money into the sleepy community of about 200 residents. Oxford Paper Company, owned by Chisholm, would dominate Rumford's riverfront and economy.
Much of the mill town was built in the spurt of prosperity at the turn-of-the-century, and Rumford retains significant Victorian and Edwardian architecture. Most notable is Strathglass Park, perhaps the finest company housing in the nation. Wishing to avoid the stacked slums endemic at Lowell and Lawrence, Massachusetts, Hugh Chisholm commissioned Cass Gilbert in 1900 to plan a 30-acre (120,000 m2) site in his compan
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November 5th, 2010
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Sunrise, FL - United States
This is Mother Nature at her best!...Stunning work Bob and a Big Congrats on your sale :):):)
Long Beach, CA - United States
Beautiful work dear friend. Congratulations on your sale! f/v/tw/su/g+
San Lorenzo, CA - United States
Congratulations on your sale, my friend!!!! Soooo beautiful!!!! :))))
San Lorenzo, CA - United States
Wow, Bob, this is such a fabulous landscape!!!!! Gorgeous, my friend!!! :)))fv
Bilbao, Vi - Spain
Congratulations for your sale...(this may be your day....and I find it just natural with your overwhelming gallery...!!) I love this environ, is pure copper and drama. Rosa
Tavernier, FL - United States
Gorgeous Autumn photography and awesome description! F-V-SU+1, congratulations on your sale!
Castrop - Rauxel, NR - Germany
Wonderful colors and light......love this peaceful landscape image Bob - Chris (F/V)
Nottingham, NH - United States
Gorgeous photo . looks like a good day out ! Congrats on your sale ;-) f/v
Phoenix, AZ - United States
Bob Incredible! You capture the beauty thats all around us that sometimes we tend to take for granted... A Big Congrats on your talent and your Sale :)fav!
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