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| North Brook is a
fairly large Assabet tributary, with a drainage area of
almost 17 square miles. Its headwaters are located in
the southwestern part of Bolton and the stream soon forms
a small pond behind a dam near the Pleasant Valley Farm. |
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North Brook passes under
Wataquadock
Hill Rd. and into the Fyfeshire Conservation area, which
has paths accessible from Wataquadock Hill Rd.
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It then flows along Lancaster Rd.
and into Berlin before entering the Garfield Woods,
owned by the Sudbury Valley
Trustees. These woods are accessible
from a pullout on Lancaster Rd.
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In the Garfield Woods, North Brook
flows under a freight rail line that runs along next
to it almost all the way to the Assabet.
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It then flows behind Allen Rd. and under
Randall Rd. through three large culverts.
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North Brook flows under West Main
St.
(Rt. 62) by the remains of a large
stone railway bridge abutment.
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The brook passes under Linden St.,
where it enters an open swampy area...
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...and then flows under South St,
Jones Rd. and Crosby Rd....
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...before entering Wheeler Pond, which
forms behind this dam.
Wheeler Pond is also fed by Cooledge Brook, which starts
in Northborough.
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The staff gage is located beneath
this bridge
on Pleasant St./Whitney St., just downstream
of the Wheeler Pond dam.
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The brook flows under Whitney Rd.
and then through these fields and under River Rd.
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North Brook joins the Assabet behind
the Solomon Pond Mall.
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