Lakeport

von Warren D Huse

128 Seiten, Taschenbuch

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Originally, the neighborhood now known as Lakeport was partof Meredith on one side of the Winnipesaukee River and ofGilmanton (Gilford after 1812) on the other. This manufacturing, commercial, and port settlement--once called Lake Village--becamepart of the city in Laconia in 1893. The area around today's LakeportDam became the site of sawmills and gristmills for the Euro-Americansettlers of the late 1760s. By the mid-1800s, textile and hosiery mills, factories, foundries, and machine shops had grown up around theabundant waterpower of the dam.With the coming of the railroad in 1848, Lake Village becamean important railroad town--with repair shops, a roadhouse, andhomes for scores of railroad workers. Beginning in the mid-1800s, boatbuilding--especially of lake steamers--was also an important industry.Just before joining with the town of Laconia, Lake Village renameditself Lakeport. By then, the two communities had expanded towardeach other, forming one continuous urban neighborhood.