Old Wolfeboro

joey2665 · 11-17-2020, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by fatlazyless

Laconia Car Company has a description in Wikipedia. It says it manufactured railway cars in Laconia from 1848 to 1928. It occupied seven acres of downtown Laconia and employed as many as 500 people.

1914 was the last year of profitable operation for the company. It had been focused on electric trolley cars and became unprofitable when trolley riders switched over to automobiles like the Ford Model T, 1908-1927, the car for every man, a car that most people could actually buy.

"Employment increased to a thousand workers by 1912, but focus on electric railway cars made the company uncompetitive for conventional railway vehicles as electric railway riders began using automobiles, and 1914 was the last year of profitable operation for the company."

"Production shifted to plywood motorboats before the company closed in 1928." When a company, 1848 to 1928, switches from railroad cars and then to electric trolley cars and then to baggage and mail cars and then to plywood motorboats ...... it is not a happy future and likely to close ..... and close, it did in 1928.

A few of those buildings are still standing and you can see some vintage photos on display in Hectors Restaurant

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BroadHopper · 11-18-2020, 07:08 AM

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Originally Posted by joey2665

A few of those buildings are still standing and you can see some vintage photos on display in Hectors Restaurant

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The building behind Hector's has a huge photo of the inside of that building during that time. Use the ServiceLink entrance.

mcdude · 11-18-2020, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by joey2665

A few of those buildings are still standing and you can see some vintage photos on display in Hectors Restaurant

....or in the gallery on winnipesaukee.com

joey2665 · 11-18-2020, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by mcdude

....or in the gallery on winnipesaukee.com

Thanks McDude. Do you have any original photos of the Laconia Car Company buildings? For personal reasons I would love copies

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mcdude · 11-18-2020, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by joey2665

Thanks McDude. Do you have any original photos of the Laconia Car Company buildings? For personal reasons I would love copies

Regretfully, I do not, however, check out THIS LINK for some more photos.

mcdude · 11-18-2020, 01:27 PM

Joey: Have you tried searching through the historic photo collection at the Laconia Library? LAKES REGION HISTORY ONLINE

joey2665 · 11-18-2020, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by mcdude

Joey: Have you tried searching through the historic photo collection at the Laconia Library? LAKES REGION HISTORY ONLINE

I have not but thank you I really appreciate it. I will definitely search as I want to print out a few good quality photos and display them.

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Stilljester · 11-20-2020, 04:20 PM

mcdude · 11-30-2020, 12:28 PM

For how many years has the Christmas tree been put up in front of Black's?

mcdude · 11-30-2020, 12:30 PM

............

ApS · 12-01-2020, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Top-Water

I think this is Wolfeboro with tower in the background. Gasoline ?

Yeah, gasoline.

What else are you going to clean your paintbrushes with?

Stilljester · 12-03-2020, 02:44 PM

Same Flight?

Later with Back Bay filled in (1980s?)

TheTimeTraveler · 12-03-2020, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Stilljester

Same Flight?

Later with Back Bay filled in (1980s?)

Definitely not the 1980's.

I don't know the exact time frame that the Back Bay was filled in but I would guess sometime during the 1940's or 1950's. After that time Government regulations likely would not have ever allowed it to be done......

tis · 12-04-2020, 05:56 AM

The shopping center where TD Bank and the basketball and fields etc in back were the town dump. I think they just probably dumped in the water and that started to fill it in and then they covered it when the moved the dump out to 109A. I remember before the shopping centers were there the road was more like a causeway and sometimes it got flooded. I was so young-I wish I could remember more.

ApS · 12-04-2020, 09:24 AM

I remember a short drive to the dump. Today, I have to plan a trip to the dump on my monthly schedule.

Is the shopping center sinking?

A rounded concrete curb has been installed to keep deep puddles from flooding the packaging store.

As for "causeway", a heavy rain a few years ago had a kayak used to get around the parking lot. That picture made the cover of The Granite State News!

tis · 12-04-2020, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by ApS

I remember a short drive to the dump. Today, I have to plan a trip to the dump on my monthly schedule.

Is the shopping center sinking?

A rounded concrete curb has been installed to keep deep puddles from flooding the packaging store.

As for "causeway", a heavy rain a few years ago had a kayak used to get around the parking lot. That picture made the cover of The Granite State News!

Yes, Z's does become a lake sometimes but I think they might have just done something to try to help that problem.

Top-Water · 12-12-2020, 01:27 PM

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camp guy · 12-12-2020, 06:08 PM

Gosh, I didn't realize the other big lake was "that" far south.

ApS · 12-12-2020, 08:01 PM

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From the other big lake in Wolfeboro. (State Park Beach)

1) Copplecrown Mountain in the distance—visible from Lake Winnipesaukee.
2) East of Lake Winnipesaukee is Westlake Restaurant.

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tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,749 Thanks: 753 Thanked 1,459 Times in 1,016 Posts	The shopping center where TD Bank and the basketball and fields etc in back were the town dump. I think they just probably dumped in the water and that started to fill it in and then they covered it when the moved the dump out to 109A. I remember before the shopping centers were there the road was more like a causeway and sometimes it got flooded. I was so young-I wish I could remember more.

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