In 1828 Of what is present day New Bedford formerly known as Bedford Village this was a bridge crossing the Acushnet River at the head of the river.
On September 5 1778, the British Army crossed here on an older bridge to destroy what they could in Acushnet and Fairhaven after burning much of New Bedford.
The first water reservoir was to the north of this and was made by damming some of the flow of the river.
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