Town Brook
by Constantine Gregory
Title
Town Brook
Artist
Constantine Gregory
Medium
Photograph - Photo Art
Description
The historic Town Brook, in Plymouth Massachusetts, is a 1.5-mile stream that runs from the Billington Sea, a 269-acre freshwater pond, to Plymouth Harbor. This stream once teemed with river herring (alewife and blueback herring), rainbow smelt and American eels during their annual migrations. The Wampanoag Nation and early European settlers, Pilgrims, ate river herring and used them for fertilizer. Beginning in the 1790s, settlers built six dams on Town Brook. The barriers contributed to fish decline. For many years there has been an ongoing effort to restore the waterway to its natural state with the potential to once again see increased river herring runs on the brook.
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November 25th, 2014
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