Loudville Mills fire
Loudville Mills fire
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Holyoke Movie Theaters
Holyoke Movie Theaters
Northern McLean Reservoir
Hampden Street (Holyoke) businesses
In 1927, Hampden Street (Holyoke) had many businesses that were frequented by members of the Doyle family. The year 1927 is chosen since Mary Doyle would have been 10 years old in that year.
907 Hampden Street – Mary Cunningham the druggist was here
911 Hampden Street – Alvin Phillips the grocer was here
Both 907 and 911 Hampden are in the Highland Block (907 to 917 Hampden). The Highland Block is a 1892 Victorian building that had commercial enterprises on the ground floor and residences on the upper floor.
930 Hampden Street – Luchini and Rigali confectioners were here
By 1951 the Highland Variety Store was at 908 Hampden Street.
Sanborn map analysis:
Sanborn 1889 map A and map B and the 1884 map has nothing
Sanborn 1895 map A and map B Highland Block is called the Rigali Block
West Springfield Cemeteries
The Cemeteries of Hadley
Catholics and Jewish
Saint Brigid’s Cemetery of Hadley
Congregation B’nai Israel Cemetery
Native Americans
Native American Burial Grounds in Hadley
Hockanum Native American Burial Ground
North Hadley Native American Burial Ground
Burial Grounds Now outside of Hadley
North Cemetery (in Granby)
Old South Hadley Burial Ground (in South Hadley)
South Cemetery (in Belchertown)
Lake Vale Cemetery (in Belchertown)
West Cemetery (in Amherst)
Hill Cemetery (in Hatfield)
Chicopee Cemeteries
South Hadley Cemeteries
Cemeteries in Holyoke
cemetery
Smith’s Ferry Cemetery and Neighborhood tour
Calvary Cemetery of the Sisters of Providence Tour
Burial Grounds of Holyoke throughout its History (presentation)
Holyoke Gas and Electric
Holyoke Water Power generated most of the electricity in the city pre-1902. See the chart below for use in lights. Thus in this tiny comparison, there is a very obvious shift from gas over to electric. The age of electricity was upon us.
| lights | electric lights | gas lights | naphtha lights (oil) | |
| 1875 | 85 | 0 | 60 | 25 |
| 1876 | 101 | 0 | 67 | 34 |
| 1878 | 113 | 0 | 78 | 35 |
| 1879 | 125 | 0 | 85 | 38 |
| 1880 | 136 | 0 | 99 | 37 |
| 1882-1883 | 163 | 44 | ||
| 1890 | 309 | 159 | 88 | 50 |
| 1891 | 333 | 183 | 49 | 39 |
Holyoke Gas and Electric was created in 1902 as a public city department from the electrical division of the private Holyoke Water Power Company.
In 1952 HWP starts Springdale Industrial Park.
Also in that year the Mount Tom Power Plant is started at 136 MW. That gives Holyoke a total of 207 MW.
Riverside Station makes 44 MW from a high pressure steam station. The power is piped to mills on lower Appleton Street.
A Jet Gas Turbine was purchased in December of 1963 and dedicated October 14 1964.
A 6,250 KVa number 9 generator was installed in 1941.
At 5:16 PM of November 9 1965 the Northeast Blackout hit the USA. This was the largest electrical blackout in American history.
In 1967, a new 13 kV aerial cable and 2000 KVA transformer are installed at the Mt Tom Ski area. In that same year on Dec 15th a Holyoke Substation was put in place.
There were other companies in Holyoke that made energy. Look at the coal plant in northern Holyoke.
