Westville fire station reunited with old GMC pumper
The community of Westville, N.S., has rallied to restore an important part of their history, and news of its return is spreading like wildfire.
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The community of Westville, N.S., has rallied to restore an important part of their history, and news of its return is spreading like wildfire.
The community of Westville, N.S. has rallied to restore an important part of their history, and news of its return is spreading like wildfire.
LITTLE COMPTON — Benjamin Simmons dammed Cold Brook in the mid-1700s to create a pond and raceways to harness the waterpower to run his gristmill. The mill is long gone, but the pond became the center of a natural sanctuary for birds and wildlife. In the 1960s, Bill Chace and his family built five more ponds connected with a network of trails.The Chace family sold the land in 1995 to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, which maintains the family-friendly public preserve. Today, the 433-acre refuge, named the Simmons Mill Pond Management Area, is unique because of the ...