[MassHistPres] Preserving Old Wells

[Marcia Starkey]

I seem to recall seeing a glass or similar cover beneath a board top, so 
that the well could become visible when desired. Marcia Starkey
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From: "Sarah French Storer Rickson, DNRT" <sarah at dnrt.org>
To: <SMARGAN at aol.com>
Cc: <masshistpres at cs.umb.edu>
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] Preserving Old Wells


> Our land trust also has a property with a beautiful historic round stone
> well, with very attractive stone work.  It is all part of a relic
> homestead along an old woods road.  We are contemplating designing a way
> to cover the well with a thick piece of plexiglass and stonework so that
> folks can actually see the well.  Currently we have the well covered
> with a huge flat stone we located nearby.  It just seemed a shame to
> hide such great craftsmanship!
> Sarah FS Rickson
> Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust
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> Sarah French Storer Rickson
> Land Manager
> Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust, Inc.
> 404 Elm Street
> PO Box P-17
> Dartmouth MA 02748
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> Ph: 508.991.2289
> Fax:  508.991.4044
> email: sarah at dnrt.org
> www.dnrt.org
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> SMARGAN at aol.com wrote:
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>>Our land trust had been given a parcel of land which has two old stone 
>>wells
>>on it. We would like to preserve these, along with the old stone walls, 
>>but
>>both wells must have a covering of some kind and be safe enough for the
>>public to view, enjoy, etc. One contractor told us just to fill them in, 
>>as  this
>>would be the least costly and, of course, no one could then fall into 
>>either
>>of them. The land trust would like to get some ideas about how to cap 
>>them in
>>an aesthetically pleasing and "historically correct" manner.
>>Thanks for any information.
>>    Sandy Peterson
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