Workers demolish a former sawmill beside Masse Dam in Vassalboro on Wednesday. The removal is the first step in a project to restore alewives to Outlet Stream that ran under the mill.
The Masse sawmill in Vassalboro was torn down so water pipes below it will not be damaged and water supplies will not be cut off when the dam is removed by the Alewife Restoration Initiative.
The Masse sawmill, in this undated photo, was once a thriving business on Outlet Stream, but had fallen into disrepair and was torn down last week to make way for the Masse Dam removal.
The interior of the Masse sawmill in May 2015. The sawmill was torn down last week to make way for the Masse Dam removal.
The 100-plus year old Masse sawmill, grist mill and dam, in this undated photo, was once a thriving business on Outlet Stream, but the sawmill had fallen into disrepair and was torn down last week to make way for the Masse Dam removal.
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