It didn't take long to rebuild the center. The thriving
mill town's immigrant workers, its mill owners and local farmers, powered a
thriving Moodus economy in the early 20th Century.
This
view from the bridge over the Moodus River shows the lower
Brownell mill and the Machimoodus House.
Looking
at Merchant's Row from the town green in 1911.
Merchant's
Row in the early 1900s. Note the hitching posts and the dirt
roads. The green is on the right.