Spicket River

The Spicket River is a 17.7-mile-long (28.5 km)^[1] river located in New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the United States. It is a left tributary of the Merrimack River, part of the Gulf of Maine watershed. It is sometimes spelled "Spickett".^[2]

Spicket River
Bridge on Osgood St in Methuen, MA
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Location
Country	United States
States	New Hampshire, Massachusetts
County	Rockingham, NH Essex, MA
Towns and city	Derry, NH, Salem, NH; Methuen, MA, Lawrence, MA
Physical characteristics
Source	Island Pond
• location	Derry, NH
• coordinates	42°51′27″N 71°12′48″W / 42.85750°N 71.21333°W / 42.85750; -71.21333
• elevation	205 ft (62 m)
Mouth	Merrimack River
• location	Methuen, MA
• coordinates	42°42′22″N 71°8′47″W / 42.70611°N 71.14639°W / 42.70611; -71.14639
• elevation	31 ft (9.4 m)
Length	17.7 mi (28.5 km)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Providence Hill Brook, Captain Pond Brook, World End Brook
• right	Widow Harris Brook, Policy Brook

The Spicket River begins at the outlet of Island Pond in Derry, New Hampshire, and flows south into Salem, New Hampshire, passing through the Arlington Mill Reservoir. The river continues through Salem, encountering copious suburban development, and enters the city of Methuen, Massachusetts, where it drops nearly 100 feet (30 m) in elevation over a series of dams on its way to the Merrimack River in Lawrence.

• 
  Boat house circa 1900 in Methuen, Massachusetts
• 
  Broadway Bridge, Methuen
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  Spicket River Dam in Methuen
• 
  Sands Bridge on Hampshire Rd, Methuen