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gnamyl t1_ixvrjtx wrote

I grew up in this area in CT (Ballouville, near Putnam) and moved away, and 20ish years later moved back and now live on the MA side of the border in this area again. It was a great area to grow up in and I’m happy to be back.

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burrlap86 t1_ixxr9x1 wrote

Used to swim at the Ballouville dam when I was a kid.

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gnamyl t1_ixyhiz7 wrote

The current owners of the property surrounding the dam and falls put up extensive no trespassing signs many years back and are sticklers for enforcing it. I am not sure when you swam there but I’m guessing quite some time ago?

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burrlap86 t1_ixzdymn wrote

Late 80's to early 90's

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gnamyl t1_ixzmgv7 wrote

That fits that is when I left CT and went to college and I know those folks had not bought the stone house by that point. The Stone house there technically owns all that property along the 5 mile river and the land right up to the dam and now there’s no trespassing signs everywhere. You can still stand on the bridge and look at the falls and damn but no swimming or going down around to the shore

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