For those that may not know the history of WAYLAND and SUDBURY...the
land that was once Sudbury became Wayland when after decades the folks
living on the Wayland side of the river were frustrated with their
ability to cross over to Sudbury for town meetings and affairs due to
the frequently flooding of river waters. Exasperated, their solution
was to form their own town.
Also, the wooden planks do NOT keep the LS school busses from crossing
over that bridge with regularity, nor alas, the landscaping trucks that
generally make the narrow passage near the conservation land quite
precarious!
Have enjoyed the bridge stories!
Lisa
------ Original Message ------
From: "RAandBOB" <[email protected]>
To:
Cc: "Lincoln Talk" <[email protected]>
Sent: 11/15/2021 4:33:06 PM
Subject: Re: [LincolnTalk] Sherman's Bridge
My two boys were in high school during the last big flood. If you’re going to
go to the high school in Sudbury, some how you have to get across the river. My
father had given them his big old Chevy, and every day they drove to school via
Sherman Bridge Road, since we live in South West Lincoln. Well, that bridge
flooded at all the way up to the hand railings, as you have heard. Wayland
center was flooded to the extent that people were canoeing around the traffic
light area. Route 117 going west was flooded on both sides of Lee’s Bridge. So
they had to go west on Route 2 and then turn left at the hospital and go
through the back roads to Concord Road in Sudbury.
Eventually the water level went down a little bit, and they decided to come
back home through Nine Acre Corners and go to Route 2 on Sudbury Rd. There was
a puddle before they got to Heath’s Bridge before the hospital, but they
decided they could make it through the puddle.
Now, I had given them instructions that, if they went through a puddle, they
were to go very slowly. And they had seen many cars in the water at Lee’s
bridge stalled out and waiting for a tow trucks. But they decided between them
that the best strategy was to go as fast as they could so that, if they stalled
out, they would coast to the other side. What actually happened was that, as
they barreled across the puddle, the water came up over the hood and into the
air intake on top of the engine, flooding the cylinders.
They did make it to the other side of the puddle, but when they tried to start
the engine, smoke came from under the hood. This was before cell phones, so I
think they walked to the gas station at the junction with Route 2. We had the
car towed to that gas station and the mechanics managed to get the water out of
the cylinders and get the car running again, but it never ran quite the same
again.
Well, as I always say, what doesn’t kill you makes a good story.
Ruth Ann (She, her, hers)
On Nov 15, 2021, at 11:21 AM, [email protected] wrote:
On 11/15/2021 10:41 AM, [email protected] wrote:
... The last time it was totally re-planked was just before the big flood.
(What year was that?)
https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ha371
https://fpond.org/flow/wp-content/uploads/1968-flood-plate-2a.jpg
Interestingly, this flood occurred in the middle of the most severe extended
drought in MA history. What extremes may come?
-Alaric
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