The Sugar River is a 27.0-mile-long (43.5 km) river located in western New Hampshire in the United States . It is a tributary of the Connecticut River , which flows to Long Island Sound .
6-605: The Lower Village District encompasses a historic industrial area down the Sugar River a short way from the historic center of Claremont, New Hampshire . The area was developed beginning in the 1830s by the Claremont Mill Company, and extends on either side of the river roughly from the Main Street crossing in the west to the junction of Main and Central Streets. Although Claremont was established in
12-828: The Concord to Claremont Line follows the Sugar River from Wendell to the river's mouth. Tributaries of the Sugar River include the South Branch , entering in Newport, and the North Branch , entering between Newport and North Newport. The upper Connecticut River valley is the ancestral home of the Abenaki people. A significant prehistoric native american site, the Hunter Archeological Site ,
18-429: The 1790s, the industrial development that was the foundation of its economic prosperity did not begin until the 1830s. Recognizing the power provided by the many falls on the Sugar River, the principals of the Claremont Mill Company purchased a large area of land below the town center and began its development, building mills and worker housing between the 1830s and 1860s. The principal surviving elements of this period in
24-686: The district are Greek Revival houses, although two major industrial buildings, a brick structure at 169 Main Street and the Sugar River Mill at 159 Main Street, survive from the time. The area was extensively redeveloped between about 1890 and 1920, when the Sullivan Machinery Corporation established major operations on the south side of the river. In this period numerous older buildings were torn down and replaced by new industrial facilities and housing. During this time
30-456: The extant Sullivan company facilities were built (adjacent to the separately-listed Monadnock Mills ), as was St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church. Properties just over the Main Street bridge on the north side were also redeveloped, with the construction of the Freeman and O'Neill woodworking shops. Sugar River (New Hampshire) The Sugar River originates at the outlet of Lake Sunapee in
36-540: The town of Sunapee, New Hampshire . The river flows west through the town of Newport and the city of Claremont . It reaches the Connecticut across from the village of Ascutney, Vermont . Numerous falls and steep drops on the Sugar River have led to hydro-powered industrial development. Besides the large mill towns of Claremont and Newport , hydro-related developments occur in the villages of Sunapee, Wendell, Guild , and West Claremont. An inactive railroad known as
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