Bellows Falls, Vermont Bellows Falls, Vermont Bellows Falls in the early spring, viewed from Fall Mountain Bellows Falls in the early spring, viewed from Fall Mountain Bellows Falls, Vermont is positioned in Vermont Bellows Falls, Vermont - Bellows Falls, Vermont Bellows Falls is an incorporated village positioned in the town of Rockingham in Windham County, Vermont, United States.
Bellows Falls is home to the Green Mountain Railroad, a tradition barns ; the annual Roots on the River Festival; and the No Film Film Festival. The falls were once a fishing place for the historic, nomadic Abenaki tribes, who were part of the Algonquian language family.
Indigenous citizens s had fished at the falls and inhabited the region for thousands of years before European arrival.
They carved two sets of faces in the rocks just below the falls (see Bellows Falls Petroglyph Site (VT-WD-8)).
The improve was settled in 1753 by colonists of English descent, who called it Great Falls.
Later the pioneer named the town for Colonel Benjamin Bellows, a landowner. In 1785, Colonel Enoch Hale assembled at the falls the first bridge over the Connecticut River.
It was the only bridge athwart the river until 1796, when another was assembled at Springfield, Massachusetts. The bridge was later replaced.
Two bridges presently link Bellows Falls to New Hampshire: the New Arch Bridge (also called the Church Street Bridge), which replaced the Arch Bridge in 1982, and the Vilas Bridge, which was closed due to safety concerns in 2009.
The Bellows Falls Canal, assembled in 1791-1802, lifted boats 52 feet (16 m) in eight locks around the gorge.
It tapped the water power of the falls for industry, which spurred the industrialization of the town. Two barns s converged in 1849 at Bellows Falls, helping it precarious into a primary mill town.
Bellows Falls was incorporated as a village in 1909.
Bellows Falls today attracts visitors through tradition tourism based on its historic Victorian architecture.
The commercial town center, along with the power canal, the bridges spanning it, and the historic barns station, were listed as a historic precinct on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Bellows Falls is bounded on the east by the Connecticut River.
See also: Bellows Falls (Amtrak station) Amtrak, the nationwide traveler rail system, provides everyday service through Bellows Falls, operating its Vermonter between Washington, D.C.
The Bellows Falls Station, on Depot Street, also serves as the command posts for the Green Mountain Railroad.
Greyhound, the nationwide intercity bus service, also serves Bellows Falls from this same rail station.
Connecticut River Transit, a private, non-profit personal mobility specialist, provides scheduled bus service with small-town and direct buses linking Bellows Falls, Brattleboro, Springfield, Ludlow, the White River Junction and Lebanon, New Hampshire areas and other small-town communities as needed by private arrangement.
Green Mountain Railroad, a part of the Vermont Rail System, operates cyclic and holiday scenic train excursions between Bellows Falls and Chester.
The New England Central Railroad also serves Bellows Falls.
Bellows Falls (Great Falls) at high flow Bellows Falls under the Vils Bridge at medium flow in 2014; taken looking north Centennial Block, assembled by the National Bank of Bellows Falls in 1875 The Miss Bellows Falls Diner, with the Rockingham Town Hall in the background Bellows Falls Co-operative Creamery Complex Island St.
Bellows Falls Neighborhood Historic District Atkinson, Westminster, School, Hapgood Sts, Hapgood Pl., Burt St., Henry St., South St., Hadley St., Temple Pl.
Bellows Falls Times Building Bridge and Island Sts.
Bellows Falls Downtown Historic District Depot, Canal, Rockingham, Bridge, Mill and Westminster Sts.
Bellows Falls Petroglyph Site (VT-WD-8) (added February 22, 1990) Hall Covered Bridge W of Bellows Falls Across Saxtons River, off VT 121 (added September 28, 1973) Miss Bellows Falls Diner 90 Rockingham St.
Bellows Falls Historical Society & Museum Bellows Falls Opera House Bellows Falls Fair in 1912 Jennie Maria Arms Sheldon (1852-1938), an entomologist, science educator, historian, author, and exhibition curator, was born in Bellows Falls National Register of Historic Places listings in Windham County, Vermont The First Toll Bridge at Bellows Falls Around Bellows Falls: Rockingham, Westminster, and Saxtons River By Anne L.
Bellows Falls Canal "NRHP nomination for Bellows Falls Downtown Historic District" (PDF).
Town of Rockingham & Village of Bellows Falls, Vermont Miss Bellows Falls Diner
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Incorporated villages in Vermont - Rockingham, Vermont - Bellows Falls, Vermont - Populated places on the Connecticut River - Villages in Windham County, Vermont - Federal architecture in Vermont - Victorian architecture in Vermont
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