View of the Plymouth County Agricultural Society Fairgrounds in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. In this view from Broad Street, the cattle barn, grandstand, and exhibition hall can be seen, along with the half-mile racetrack in the foreground.
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Notes (historical):
The Plymouth County Agricultural Society Fair opened in 1819 and ran until about 1900, when a shift from agriculture to manufacturing led to the close of the grounds. The area is now the seventy-acre Stiles and Hart Conservation Area.
