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Then And Now: Pillings Pond Dam

Each week, Lynnfield Patch runs a photo from the files of the Lynnfield Historical Commission and compares it to an image of what the site looks like today.

This week's image features the area across from the Pillings Pond Dam, which really hasn't changed all that much despite the addition of numerous new houses in the area.

A check online finds that the dam as we know it was built around 1900. This particular image was not dated.

Back in December, I pulled over near the dam, drawn by an exceptionally beautiful late winter afternoon sun, and proceeded , minus the surrounding houses. This black and white image from the files of the Lynnfield Historical Commission suggests that one nice day several generations ago, a predecessor of mine headed out with a camera and with a similar idea.

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