EARLY HOLYOKE WATER POWER COMPANY MANUSCRIPT ARCHIVE, 1862-18721862-1872 HOLYOKE WATER POWER COMPANY ARCHIVE OF MANUSCRIPT MATERIALS RELATED TO THE BUILDING OF A BRIDGE ACROSS THE CONNECTICUT RIVER, TO SOUTH HADLEY, AND BUILDING BOARDING HOUSES FOR HOLYOKE WATER AND POWER COMPANY WORKERS. GROUP OF 24 DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING MANUSCRIPT LETTERS, BILLHEADS, RECEIPTS, AGREEMENTS & SPECIFICATIONS, AND TELEGRAMS.Most are addressed to, plus a few signed by, S. Stewart Chase, Agent (and Engin...eer?) for Holyoke Water Power Company, which was founded in 1859.Group of 24 items, as follows:1862. MANUSCRIPT CONTRACT AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR BUILDING BOARDING HOUSES FOR WORKERS FOR THE HOLYOKE WATER POWER COMPANY. 6 pages (12 by 8 inches). Signed by C.L. & E.R. Thorpe, and S. Stewart Chase (of the HOLYOKE WATER POWER Co.). The boarding houses were to be erected on Park Street, adjacent the Holyoke Paper Company houses.1868. MANUSCRIPT RECEIPT FOR LUMBER TRANSPORTED VIA THE VERMONT AND MASS RAILROAD, FROM BALDWINVILLE TO HOYOKE FOR THE HOLYOKE WATER POWER Co. Records 16 trips, for a total of 50 railroad cars of lumber. Small sheet1868. MANUSCRIPT RECEIPT FOR LUMBER TRANSPORTED VIA THE VERMONT AND MASS RAILROAD, FROM BALDWINVILLE TO HOYOKE FOR THE HOLYOKE WATER POWER Co. Printed letterhead (14 x 8.5 inches). Manuscript receipt for 122 thousand feet of lumber.1868. MANUSCRIPT SURVEYOR'S DOCUMENT. Surveying the "Bemis lot" of timber, in South Hadley Falls, for the HOLYOKE WATER POWER Co. Small sheet, Nov. 1868 US Revenue stamp, signed by the surveyor.1869. MANUSCRIPT LETTER CONCERNING PAYMENT FOR LUMBER. William Smith, Templeton, MA, Dealer in Paper, Metals, Glass, etc. Printed letterhead. 1869. MANUSCRIPT RECEIPT FOR LUMBER. William Smith, Templeton, MA, Dealer in Paper, Metals, Glass, etc. Printed letterhead. 1869. MANUSCRIPT LETTER FROM MASS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, CONCERNING TIMBER FOR HOLYOKE WATER POWER Co. Boston. 1-page letter, signed by D. H. Newton.1870 MANUSCRIPT LETTER, HOLYOKE WATER POWER COMPANY, S. S. CHASE, AGENT/ENGINEER, REGARDING BRIDGE PROPOSAL. Holyoke, MA. 2-page manuscript letter, retained "copy, " concerning building proposed "South Hadley Bridge." Signed by S. S. Chase.1870. MANUSCRIPT LETTER, A.D. BRIGG'S BRIDGE BUILDER. HOWE'S PATENT TRUST/ BRIGGS PICTORIAL LETTERHEAD. 1-page letter concerning the CT River bridge.1870. MANUSCRIPT LETTER, NATIONAL BRIDGE AND IRON WORKS MANUSCRIPT RE: BRIDGE ACROSS THE CONNECTICUT RIVER. Boston, MA. 3-page signed letter concerning revised construction specifications for the proposed bridge for HOLYOKE WATER POWER Co. Boston.1870. MANUSCRIPT LETTER, NATIONAL BRIDGE AND IRON WORKS, RE: BRIDGE ACROSS THE CONNECTICUT RIVER. Boston, MA. 1-page signed letter concerning construction of the proposed bridge for HOLYOKE WATER POWER Co. Boston. Signed by the engineer.1870 MANUSCRIPT LETTER, HOLYOKE WATER POWER COMPANY, S. S. CHASE, AGENT/ENGINEER, REGARDING BRIDGE PROPOSAL. Holyoke, MA. 1-page manuscript letter, retained "copy, " to South Hadley Selectmen, concerning building proposed "South Hadley Bridge." Signed by S. S. Chase.1870. 5 WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS, TO S. S. CHASE, HOLYOKE WATER POWER Co., CONCERNING BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION. 5 telegraphs concerning meetings and bridge construction.1871. HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS LETTER REGARDING BUSINESS MEETING.Northampton, MA. 1-page letter to S. S. Chase, HOLYOKE WATER POWER Co.1871. PICTORIAL PAYSLIP FOR HOLYOKE WATER POWER Co. WORKER, SIGNED BY THE TIMEKEEPER. Holyoke, MA. Pictorial paystub (3 x 7 inches), printed by Norton, Printer, Holyoke. 5 1/2 days work for the Holyoke Water Power Company, for $8.25.1872 MANUSCRIPT LETTER, COLLINS PAPER COMPANY, SPRINGFIELD, MA. 1872 Printed letterhead, 1 page signed letter, addressed to S. S. Chase. Regarding business meeting.1872 MANUSCRIPT LETTER, COLLINS PAPER COMPANY, SPRINGFIELD, MA. 1872 Printed letterhead, 1 page signed letter, addressed to S. S. Chase. Regarding business meeting.1872 MANUSCRIPT LETTER, COLLINS PAPER COMPANY, SPRINGFIELD, MA. 1872 Printed letterhead, 2 page signed letter, addressed to S. S. Chase. Regarding building site relocation.1872. MANUSCRIPT LETTER, NATIONAL BRIDGE & IRON WORKS, RE: IRON FOR BRIDGE ACROSS THE CONNECTICUT RIVER. Boston, MA. 1-page signed letter concerning construction of the proposed bridge for HOLYOKE WATER POWER Co.1872. MANUSCRIPT LETTER, AMES MANUFACTURING COMPANY, RE: IRON & GATES FOR HOLYOKE WATER POWER Co. Chicopee, MA. 1-page signed.A fascinating lot of 24 documents, totaling 33 pages of manuscript materials, related to the early history of the Holyoke Water Power Company, the building of a bridge across the Connecticut River, to South Hadley, and building boarding houses for the workers.Varying wear, creased at old folds, soiling, few tears.The Holyoke Water Power Company successfully operated and maintained the dam, canal system, and hydroelectric facilities along the Connecticut River in Holyoke, Massachusetts for 108 years beginning in 1859. It's Canal Street office was built in 1868.Holyoke, MA was America’s first planned industrial city, situated on the banks of the Connecticut River. Industrialists were originally drawn to the river’s natural 57-foot-drop and the enormous potential energy for factories. 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