Merrimack River Pollution
2005 • Lowell, MA, USA
When we were younger, we would take school field trips to the old cotton mills in Lowell built along the Merrimack River. The pollution from these mills caused the water to be brown and I remember looking down into the water and being disgusted by the sight and smell.
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