Cascade, New Hampshire

Cascade is an unincorporated community within the city of Berlin and the town of Gorham, New Hampshire, United States. The village gets its name from a nearby alpine waterfall, which is visible in the hills to the east. The village straddles New Hampshire Route 16, the main road into Berlin from the south. On the eastern side of the road, there is a paper finishing mill located on flatlands by the Androscoggin River known as "Cascade Flats". On the western side there is a hill known as "Cascade Hill".

Cascade, New Hampshire
Unincorporated community
Cascade Mill c. 1920
Cascade Mill c. 1920
Cascade is located in New Hampshire
Cascade
Cascade
Cascade is located in the United States
Cascade
Cascade
Coordinates: 44°26′58″N 71°11′33″W
CountryUnited States
StateNew Hampshire
CountyCoos
CityBerlin
TownGorham
Elevation
1,047 ft (319 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code603
GNIS feature ID871636[1]

History

In the mid-1800s, travelers were attracted by the beauty of the Alpine Cascades. At that time, the cascades were reached by a small wire suspension bridge and a little trail through a grove.[2] In 1904, construction of the Cascade Mill began by the Brown Company. Italian and Polish immigrants help build the mill and later settled around it. Unfinished paper products from the Berlin mill were brought to this mill by two GE 70-ton locomotives,[3] and from there the paper processes were finished. The mill is now Gorham Paper and Tissue, which is managed by Patriarch Partners.[4]

In 1988, archaeological digs discovered four prehistoric sites on the east side of the Androscoggin River in the area of Pulsifer Rips, a two-mile-long stretch of river below Cascade Dam. The sites include remains of a village and stone tool workshops.[5]

  • Cascade Mill, 1914
    Cascade Mill, 1914
  • Construction of the Cascade Mill, 1904
    Construction of the Cascade Mill, 1904

References
  1. "Cascade". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. "History of Coos County, New Hampshire". Retrieved July 17, 2012.
  3. "Berlin Mills Railway" (PDF). Retrieved July 17, 2012.
  4. "Gorham Paper and Tissue". Retrieved July 14, 2012.
  5. U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (1993). "Upper Androscoggin River Basin Hydroelectric Project". Retrieved March 17, 2017.


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