Tarbell Brook
Tributary of the Millers River in New England
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Tarbell Brook is a 10.1-mile-long (16.3 km)[1] stream located in southwestern New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts in the United States. It is a tributary of the Millers River, itself a tributary of the Connecticut River, which flows to Long Island Sound.
| Tarbell Brook | |
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Tarbell Brook in Winchendon, Massachusetts | |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| States | New Hampshire, Massachusetts |
| Counties | Cheshire, NH, Worcester, MA |
| Towns | Rindge, NH, Fitzwilliam, NH, Winchendon, MA |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Pearly Lake |
| • location | Rindge, NH |
| • coordinates | 42°46′8″N 72°4′7″W |
| • elevation | 1,007 ft (307 m) |
| Mouth | Millers River |
• location | Winchendon, MA |
• coordinates | 42°41′15″N 72°4′54″W |
• elevation | 837 ft (255 m) |
| Length | 10.1 mi (16.3 km) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Robbins Brook |
| • right | Sip Pond Brook, Spud Brook |
Tarbell Brook rises in the western part of Rindge, New Hampshire, at the outlet of Pearly Lake,[2] and flows south to the Damon Reservoirs. The brook then passes into Winchendon, Massachusetts, reaching the Millers River approximately 2 miles (3 km) west of the town center.
History
It bears the name of Lieutenant Samuel Tarbell (1744–1828), a Revolutionary War Minuteman who settled in Rindge with his wife Beatrice Carter in 1773, soon thereafter building a watermill at the outflow of Pearly Lake (formerly known as Tarbell Pond). Although the mill is long gone, Tarbell's Cape Cod style house nearby still presides over Route 119.
