Views of the devastation of the Mill valley flood, caused by the failure of the Williamsburg reservoir dam: views of the reservoir showing the break; views of Williamsburg including ruined homes, H.L. James Woolen factory, Main St., Mill St.; Collins Graves in the milk wagon he drove to warn villagers downstream; Haydenville; Hayden, Gere & Co.'s Brass works, Cotton mill dam, main street, general view showing debris, Hayden's cotton factory, showing the site of two iron bridges swept away; Leeds: houses moved from their foundations, site of G.P. Warren's button factory, only a smoke stack remaining, Critchlow's Button factory, Main St. showing collapsed houses, Nonotuck Silk Mill, site of the iron bridge, general views, Quigley's meadow; wreck of the Hospital Bridge lodge under South St. Bridge, Northampton; Skinnersville: Wm. Skinner's home, showing damage, Main St. showing toppled houses, debris, "view of all remaining buildings," including some that are toppled; piano atop logs, a ruined stone bridge, debris.
Alternative title
American views. People's series.
American views. Popular series.
Alden's stereoscopic views of the ruins of the great Mill River flood, Hampshire Co., Mass., May 16, 1874. 42, 45.
Mill River flood, Hampshire county, Mass., May 16, 1874.
Mill river valley. 2, 7-9, 12, 16, 19, 24.
Views of Hampshire: Flood! Williamsburg, Mass. 1-21.