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West Cemetery

West Cemetery is on Leverett Road in Shutesbury near Montague Road. This cemetery is from 1793. There are older gravestones in this cemetery that were moved here from an ancient burial ground within the town. They date from 1750s to 1800s and were moved in 1938. This ancient cemetery was on Cooleyville Road and was just in back of the present town hall. Along Leverett Road to the west is the Jewish Community Association of Amherst Cemetery.

Sarah Ann Dickinson Adams

The Hearse House is from 1840. The West Cemetery Tomb is across the street.

The Luther Henry Tomb Yard abuts the cemetery. The town took over the yard in 1954. Burials started there in 1820. The Luther Henry Tomb is from 1839. The west half of the cemetery is for the Luther Henry family and the east half for the Samuel Henry family.

Harvey Robins Atkins – died in the Spanish American War

Luther Henry

Samuel Henry

Gideon Stetson

Charles Williams

Jacob Coney 1777

Amos Hunting

children gravestone pairs

Easthampton Waterworks Dam

Easthampton Waterworks Dam is located near the crossing of Northampton Street with the Manhan River. Use Mill Street to get to the dam site.

From 1866 to 1885 this dam was owned by Joel Bassett and the Mount Tom Thread Company. Easthampton had a hydroelectric generator on the dam until 1947.

At 35 Northampton Street is workers’ housing for the old saw mill. 1840

A Waterworks building is in the back.

The reservoir is any water on the south of the dam.