Learn about the unique history of Nashua, New Hampshire. Beginning on Friday and extending through Sunday, you can enjoy experiencing the history of the "Gate City."
Friday Events:
Noon: There will be an open house at the Nashua manufacturing Co. gatehouse at Mine Falls Park. (off of Riverside Street)
The gatehouse was recently renovated... the giant gears, counterweights and measuring devices can be viewed. You can learn about the building and the 3 mile long manmade canal that was dug to bring water to the Millyard to power Nashua Manufacturing Co's machinery.
At 7:30 p.m. Enjoy a local History presentation entitled "Cinders, Railroad Tracks and a Receipt for Pillowcases, by Robert Sampson at the Nashua Historical Society located at 5 Abbott - it is Free.
Saturday Events:
9:00 a.m. The Nashua Garden Club will host a plant sale at the Speare Museum. 5 Abbott Street, Nashua, NH
10:00 a.m. and 1 p.m. Join the guided tours of the Historical Society's Abbot-Spalding House. Meet at the Speare Museum.
11:00 a.m. There will be an auction of an historic triangle manhole at the Speare Museum. You can own a piece of Nashua history... These manholes were invented by Walter Ellis and were used because they don't clank if pebbles or debris fall into the cracks.
3:00 p.m. Join the open house as the Nashua Manufacturing Co.'s gatehouse.
Sunday Events:
12:00 p.m. - 3: p.m. Attend the open house at the Nashua Manufacturing Co.'s gatehouse.
1:00 p.m. Participate in the historic walking tours throughout downtown Nashua. Meet at the Speare Museum
Enjoy this three day event and find out first hand why Nashua, New Hampshire it is the only city to get the No. 1 ranking as the BEST PLACE to LIVE IN AMERICA in Surveys by Money Magazine twice (1987 & 1997).
Another Green Get-A-Way
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