Landmarks in Ancient Dover, New Hampshire by Mary P. Thompson, Durham, N.H. ©1892, Printed by the Republican Press Association, Concord, N.H. LANDMARKS: Boom NAMES: PIKE, Rev. John; WALDRON, Col; CHESLEY, Philip; DUDA, Joseph; CROMMET, Philip The Rev. John Pike, in his journal, speaks of Mr. Waldron's "coming over the Boom" April 28, 1704. This boom was a floating bridge on the Cochecho river, " by Col. Waldron's , above the falls." It was made of three or four pieces of hewn timber laid side by side, wide enough for horse s and cattle to pass over in file; but teams were obliged to ford the river below the falls. (See N.H. Town Pap., XI: 540.) The falls here referred to are in Dover city. There was a boom across Lamprey river in early times, as well as on the Cochecho. Dec. 15, 1712, the town of Dover voted to give twenty-five pounds "for building a boom over Lampereel river." A tract of twenty five acres adjoining this part of the river then belonged to Philip Chesley, who sold it to Joseph Duda, reserving for himself four rods for a highway from ye country boom over Lamper river on the north side, down to the mill, and one fourth of an acre adjoining said mill, for landing logs. Before this boom was built, there was a ferry across the river. In 1671 Philip Crommet was licensed to keep a ferry across Lamprey river, at the rate of two pence for each person, and six pence for man and horse. PG 27-28 LANDMARKS:Boom NAMES: COLE, Robert; COLE, Judith; WALLINGFORD, Thomas There seem to have been two booms, at least, on the Newichawanock. " The upper boom" there, is mentioned Aug. 9, 1731, as 60 rods north of Anthony's Brook. Robert and Judith Cole, Sept 28, 1731, conveyed to Thomas Wallingford 8 acres of land, beginning at the pier of the upper Boom, about, half a mile above ye upper Salmon Falls mills, and thence extending up the river. PG 28 - Submitted by C. Parziale **************************************************************************** * * * * Notice: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter informa- tion is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. * * * * The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.