This summer the clatter of Model Ts, steam locomotives, and horse-drawn carriages could once again be heard in Harrisville. Listen to L.A. Dierker’s new composition Harrisville Soundscape, which was commissioned by Historic Harrisville for both the town’s sesquicentennial and the organization’s 50th anniversary.

Harrisville owes its existence to its water resources and the dams built to control the waterpower of its streams. A new online guide called the Dams of Harrisville, New Hampshire details the history of these 15 dams. Read it here.