Hi Listers, I sent this reply to Helen yesterday and am sending to the list for all to see. Thanks. Jon In a message dated 3/22/2006 10:32:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, JonNormandin writes: Hi Helen, The old Waterford shanty town was located on that part of town one would refer to as the barren ground. It was the river flood plain. The old Waterford School was across the river and on Main Street (high ground) via the St. Paul Street bridge. As the mills built mill housing Waterford had many built where the shanty town was. Later, during the WPA the court house and town hall were also built on that land along with Roosevelt Park. The flood of 1955 damaged or destroyed much of it because the Blackstone River was on one side and the Blackstone canal on the other. The Post Office was either Blackstone Ma, Woonsocket, RI, or North Smithfield, RI. All three places abutted in Waterford. I don't believe any housing exist today on the Woonsocket part, it is just a sliver at the extreme south end. Most housing is in Blackstone or North Smithfield. Two sets of Rail Road tracks also ran through Waterford. So Waterford was a village spanning parts of Blackstone, Woonsocket and North Smithfield. Thanks! Jon Normandin Martin Luther King, Jr. said, "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." We will not be silent. http://www.greasecar.com -----Original Message----- From: Helen Ware <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 21:53:00 -0500 Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Waterford Hi Jon, Was this just a local name for the part of town you lived in or was your postal address Waterford? I know there are so many towns around here with various names but not listed as postal addresses. Helen Martin Luther King Jr. said "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." "We will not be silent." _http://www.greasecar.com_ (http://www.greasecar.com/)