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riswold Cotton Mill’s unique location provides many opportunities for connections with the village of Turners Falls.
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AVENUE A / TURNERS FALLS HISTORIC DISTRICT Designed and built by industrialist Colonel Alvah Crocker in the 1860s, the historic downtown features distinctive 19th century brick architecture. Avenue A is a 90-foot-wide street with the town’s library, post office, grocery store and hardware store, all within easy walking distance of the Griswold Mill.
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THE PATCH NEIGHBORHOOD Historically, many workers at the Griswold Cotton Mill lived in the Patch, a residential neighborhood which once had numerous corner markets, a candy store, and a Polish food co-op and bakery. Power Street leads from the Griswold Mill site south towards this neighborhood.
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POWER STREET BRIDGE / GRISWOLD COTTON MILL Two bridges that cross the canal at Sixth Street (currently closed) lead to Griswold Cotton Mill. The island widens at this point, and the Griswold Mill site is buffered by green space to the river side and a canal reservoir to the south.
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FIFTH STREET BRIDGE The heavily trafficked bridge at Fifth Street leads over the canal towards Greenfield. It is possible in the wintertime to see Griswold Mill from the center of the bridge.
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PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE / STRATHMORE MILL A pedestrian bridge (currently closed) crosses the canal from Canal Street to the fourth floor of the Strathmore Mill, a brick mill complex built in 1871 to house the Keith Paper Company.
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CANALSIDE BIKE PATH A recently completed 3-mile off-road bicycle path extends along the riverfront and power canal from Barton’s Cove to Montague City, and connects with other regional bicycle trails. The path is easily accessible from the Griswold Mill. INDECK FACILITY This coal-powered cogeneration plant is currently being dismantled, opening up and altering the landscape of the northeastern tip of the island.
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PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE / NORTHEAST TIP OF ISLAND A pedestrian bridge leads over the canal to a privately-owned green space that affords spectacular views of the fish ladder, and the only views in town of the Great Falls.
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TURNERS FALLS GILL BRIDGE / GREAT FALLS DISCOVERY CENTER A major draw to Turners Falls is the Great Falls Discovery Center, an interpretive museum of the Connecticut River watershed. Housed in a complex of old mill buildings, the Discovery Center is surrounded by a four-acre park with butterfly gardens, native plantings, and views of the canal and river.
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