Easton Dam Lets Go- This is all that remains of fifteen-foot dam that let go as torrential rains filled Flyaway Pond to overflow at Easton. Fifteen-hundred residents in the town were cut off from the rest of the community when waters from the 200acre pond cascaded through town when the dam burst.

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Easton Dam Lets Go- This is all that remains of fifteen-foot dam that let go as torrential rains filled Flyaway Pond to overflow at Easton. Fifteen-hundred residents in the town were cut off from the rest of the community when waters from the 200acre pond cascaded through town when the dam burst.

Associated Press · [ca. March 1968]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Floods: March 1968: Wire Photos

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