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Pond and its outlet it is lined with numerous cranberry bogs, 

 and obstructed by several small dams. 



Red Brook is controlled by, and has been in the possession 

 of, the Lyman family for about fifty years. Since 1917 Mr. 

 George Besse has been endeavoring to develop this fishery. 



WANKINCO RIVER. 



Wankinco River has its origin in East Head Pond, and 

 empties into Agawam River at Wareham. Passing through 

 cranberry country, it is obstructed by a great number of 

 small dams, and forms Tihonet Pond and a millpond at 

 Parker's Mill. 



At present practically no fishery exists. It is possible for 

 alewives to pass to Parker's Mill Pond and Tihonet Pond, but 

 it is impossible for them to reach East Head Pond for spawning. 

 By using Tihonet Pond as a spawning ground, a limited fishery 

 might be established. 



WEWEANTIT RIVER. 



Weweantit River has its source in Wenham Pond, and 

 flows south for 14 miles to empty into Buzzard's Bay. The 

 stream is largely used for water power to operate saw and 

 grist mills, and for flooding cranberry bogs. It is slightly 

 polluted with sawdust and trade waste from the factories at 

 South Wareham and Tremont. Below Wenham and Bartlett's 

 ponds the stream is obstructed by numerous cranberry bog 

 and mill-pond dams, which render it absolutely impossible 

 for alewives to ascend. Fifty years ago alewives ran up 

 Sampson's Brook, a tributary, which now drains Federal Pond, 

 a reservoir for cranberry bogs, and receives the overflow from 

 Sampson's Pond. The fishways on the dams at Tremont and 

 South Wareham are obstructed, and practically useless. 



Formerly abundant, the alewives ceased to run to the 

 spawning grounds in Wenham Pond and Sampson's Pond when 

 the dam of the Tremont Nail Company was installed, some 

 eighty years ago. Since 1874 the receipts from the sale of the 

 Weweantit Alewife Fishery have varied from 33 cents to $21, 

 the ten years previous to 1912 showing an average of $8. The 

 obstructing dams at Tremont and South Wareham, and the 



