You need to see this…see this…see this…see..

by | Mar 29, 2012 | Newton | 15 comments

15 Comments

  1. Kara Robbins
    Kara Robbins on March 29, 2012 at 5:26 pm

    Greg, this is fantastic! (Please ignore that I’m watching this instead of finishing the Cultural Fix.)

  3. Barry Cohen
    Barry Cohen on March 29, 2012 at 5:48 pm

    Pretty cool.

  4. schlock
    schlock on March 29, 2012 at 5:56 pm

    the echo varies with the height of the Charles. Usually April showers raises the water height, consequently crisper echoation. Ides of March 2010 deluge brought best echos in my lifetime, sorry you missed it..

  6. mgwa
    mgwa on March 29, 2012 at 9:36 pm

    Wow! Way cool!

    • Gail Spector
      Gail Spector on March 29, 2012 at 10:27 pm

      Very cool.

  7. Kim
    Kim on March 29, 2012 at 10:53 pm

    Embarrassed I have no idea where the real Echo Bridge is. Is it near the Echo Bridge Restaurant?

  8. Hoss
    Hoss on March 30, 2012 at 11:30 am

    Ok science lovers — the pistol shot reference comes from p61 of the new paperback edition of “The Makers of the Mold” where it says: “There is a remarkable echo within the arch with the human voice being rapidly repeated upwards of 15 times and a pistol shot 25 times.” I don’t see any reference to the origin of that Upper Falls lore.

    Anyone care to help Upper Falls history and (legally) try to prove these estimates?

  10. BOB BURKE
    BOB BURKE on March 30, 2012 at 8:35 pm

    @Hoss. I’m reading “Makers of the Mold” for the second time. Ken Newcomb spent more than 15 years putting this book together after he retired in the early 80’s. It includes a pretty detailed history of the various companies that developed and ran the ancient railroad line that is going to be the centerpiece of the Upper Falls Greenway and bike path. Hopefully we can get the project off and running in the near future. I’m certain that Ken Newcomb would be every bit as enthused about the Greenway as most Upper Falls residents seem to be.

  11. Jerry Reilly
    Jerry Reilly on March 31, 2012 at 10:17 am

    @Kim – Give me a call (617-999-5300). I live around the corner from Echo Bridge and Hemlock Gorge. I’d be happy to give you a guided tour any time.

  12. Brian Yates
    Brian Yates on March 31, 2012 at 5:25 pm

    If you want to see Echo Bridge and Hemlock in person and help clean them up, Please come to the parking lot in Needham near the bulletin board and across the river from the Mill Falls complex on Saturday April 21 from 9:00 A.M, as part of the Charles River cleanup. For more information on and pictures of Hemlock Gorge and Echo Bridge, visit the website of the Friends of Hemlock Gorge at http://www.hemlockgorge.org.

    Alderman Brian Yates
    President
    Friends of Hemlock Gorge

  13. BOB BURKE
    BOB BURKE on March 31, 2012 at 5:48 pm

    @Kim. If you haven’t been to Hemlock Gorge, you are missing one of Newton’s crown jewels.