Belated Answer For Where In Western Mass 5/22

The house itself

Spooky staircase to basement

One of the staircases to the house

View from the back of the house

The Chinese Garden

The Chinese Garden

The view through the grate above the fountain

Stairs that lead to the fountain

One of the many passageways

A passageway

Sorry this is so late but my computer has been in the shop.  The photos that made up the Where in Western Mass for 5-22-13 were of the Trustees of Reservations property Naumkeag.  It’s such a fun place to shoot that I could have kept posting photos for several more weeks.

I highly recommend checking out both the house and the grounds.  I took these photos right after they had closed for the season and before they had begun their complete restoration of the grounds.

I happen to be a fan of how it looks now, kind of creepy and mysterious but I’m sure the restoration will be amazing when it’s done.

The website they have set up for the restoration is beautifully done and has lots of fascinating details about the property.

http://www.thetrustees.org/microsites/naumkeag/index.html

Answer for Where In Western Mass 5-15-12

Here are all the photos from last week’s Where In Western Mass.  There were no correct guesses.  The numbered route I was looking for was Route 63 which goes from North Amherst Center up to the New Hampshire border.

I’ll still give a prize to anyone who can give me the street name where the photos were taken and what town their in.

New contest coming soon.

Answer For Where In Western Mass 5/8

There were no correct guesses for this week’s Where In Western Mass Wednesday contest.  Here are the four photos:

Looking up river to the flood plain

The spillway

Toward the gatehouse

From the spillway side of the dam

The correct answer is The Knightville dam in Huntington, MA.  I guess it’s more obscure than I realized.  I probably should have known since I had never actually taken the time to drive up to it myself and had only seen it while driving on Rte 112.

The dam is located on the East Branch of the Westfield River in Huntington.  The dam is one of several used for flood control of the Westfield and other tributaries to the Connecticut.

From the Army Corps of Engineer Website:

Corps personnel, in conjunction with RRT, regulate the amount of water released downstream by raising or lowering the three gates located in the gatehouse at the dam. In a time of high water, the gates are lowered in order to hold back the water, only to be released when downstream river conditions begin to recede.

When I took these photos in April of 2012 the river was quite low and the dam looked odd and almost superfluous sitting out there by itself.  That was not the case in April of 1987 when it prevented a flood on par with the infamous flood of 1936.

From the Army Corps of Engineer Website:

In April 1987, a flood similar to that of 1936 occurred. Heavy rains fell on a deep snowpack causing rapid melting and run-off. Knightville Dam held back a record amount of flood waters. For only the second time in its history, water flowed over its spillway scouring a channel down to bedrock. However, Knightville slowed down the flow of water reducing serious flooding problems in communities downstream along the Westfield and Connecticut Rivers.

One can easily park by the office and walk along the dam for a stunning view in both directions.  Again, I was there in April so it was pretty stark but in the fall it’s a great place for leaf peeping.

Beneath the dam there are picnic facilities, hiking trails, and of course the Westfield is a prime river for trout fishing.

Nearby on the Middle Branch of the river is the Littleville dam which forms Littleville Lake. Littleville provides all kinds of water recreation and can be a pretty busy place.  The Knightville Dam is generally quieter and provides a less crowded option.  Both are well worth a visit.

To see more photos including a shot from Rte 112 that may be more familiar please check out this set on Flickr.  I will be adding the photos to the site soon and will provide a link to that when it’s done.

Have you been to Knightville or Littleville?  Feel free to post any links to photos or anything else in the comment field below.

Where In Western Mass 5/1 Answer

Here are all 4 photos from last week’s Where In Western Mass Wednesday.

The city was correctly identified on Tumblr as North Adams.  Hopefully I will soon be at the most well known part of town, Mass Moca for the Solid Sound Music Festival.  When it comes to filming locations North Adams has a lot more than that to offer…

It is most famous for it’s steeples…

…which can be viewed along with layers of rooftops from the rte 2 bridge.

The dramatically curved Eagle St is like a step back in time.

In the winter Main Street is adorned with festive lights:

To see more photos or to inquire about filming in North Adams or about hiring me to scout a specific property that you see in these photos please visit the entry in The Location Reservoir Database: http://www.locationreservoir.com/md2401.html

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Where In Western Mass Photos 4-24-13 – UPDATED

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Introducing “Where In Western Mass Wednesdays”

Starting tomorrow (Wed 3/26) I’m going to do a weekly game every Wednesday of “Where In Western Mass”.

I will post 4 different photos of the same Western Mass location on Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, and Twitter (1 per service). The first person on any social network to respond with the correct location by commenting, sharing, replying, or retweeting will win your choice of an:

• Advanced User subscription to The Location Reservoir for 1 year (a $200 value)

• Enhanced Level Listing in the database for your residential or commercial property for 1 year ($100-200 value)

As an Advanced User you will pay no fees for contacting any of the properties in our database at any point during that year and enjoy discounts on any other services.

An Enhanced Property Listing in the database includes 20 photos, in depth logistical details about your property, promotion of your property through social networks and other means, and free access to your contact for any paid subscriber.

Guesses will be accepted anytime through Tuesday.  You can guess as many times as you want but only the first correct guess will count.

All photos will be of publicly accessible locations in Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, or Hampshire counties.  The properties might or might not be in the database.  I will try to mix up the difficulty of the photos throughout the services.

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