Nashoba Brook Pencil Factory Site - Nashoba Brook Mills

Nashoba Brook Mills

This factory was one of several mills that once drew power from Nashoba Brook. Upstream, on the other side of the Nashoba Brook Conservation Area, at 42°30′51.20″N 71°24′14.07″W / 42.5142222°N 71.4039083°W / 42.5142222; -71.4039083, lies the Robbins Mill Pond Dam, which the town renovated in 1990. Paths connect the upstream sites to the Pencil Mill.

Downstream, by Brook Street, at 42°29′38.42″N 71°25′12.58″W / 42.4940056°N 71.4201611°W / 42.4940056; -71.4201611, was another pencil factory.

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