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DEVELOPMENT THREATENS TO SWAMP HISTORIC TIDE MILL IN A SQUEEZE, QUINCY SITE COULD HOLD A PARK OR MUSEUM
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QUINCY - The 1802 Souther Tide Mill, a rare intact grist and
lumber mill once powered by tide water, now appears safe from the
threat of demolition to make way for new development.
The mill, a scenic respite from the commercial strip along
Southern Artery, also should soon be secure from the ravages of wind
and water, now that the city is committed to shoring up the
structure, which is perched on rocks and pilings above the Town
River.
But, according to local preservationists, th...
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PLANS FOR HISTORIC MILL GRIND SLOWLY DESPITE PRESERVATION GRANT, FUTURE UNCERTAIN FOR SOUTHER TIDE
The Boston Globe
; The Souther Tide Mill, a rare preserved 19th-century mill once powered by tide water, sits in limbo at the edge of Quincy's Town River. The board of the nonprofit organization that owns the empty building has not met in about two years. A support group, the Friends of the Souther Tide Mill, appears
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Her aim: Save the mill ; Another effort launched to preserve Quincy landmark
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
; QUINCY - Once, the Souther Tide Mill on the Southern Artery bustled with shipbuilders, fishermen and quarrymen unloading their goods near where the Town River met the sea. Today the historic mill is fire-charred and boxed in by CVS on one side and Quirk Ford on the other, its gutted interior taken
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Trying to turn the tide for Quincy grist mill
The Boston Globe
; QUINCY -- The Souther Tide Mill, a ramshackle 19th-century building perched on the edge of Town River off Route 3A, is finally getting some respect. In the past year, neighborhood groups from Quincy, Weymouth, and Braintree have rallied to try to save the long-overlooked wooden structure, now
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Rising tide; Payment may revive Souther Tide Mill restoration project
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
; The Patriot Ledger A state in fiscal crisis. A city with hardly any cash to spare. Bills that went unpaid for more than a year. The obstacles facing the nonprofit group trying to save and restore the historic Souther Tide Mill have clearly mounted over the last year. But supporters suggest that the
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Souther Mill survives blaze Newer building destroyed but firefighters save historic mill
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
; ... a total loss historically," said Quincy Historical Society Executive Director Ed Fitzgerald, who stopped by after hearing the news. The tide mill was built by the Souther family in 1806 on Town Brook, off Town River. It used the tidal action of the waterway ...
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