SHUTESBURY, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — A nearly 200 year-old dam in Shutesbury was taken down Wednesday after receiving warnings from the Office of Dam Safety since the 1990s. The Dudleyville Pond Dam, also known as Brown’s Dam has been a landmark since the 1800s, but was at risk of failure after the years of erosion and beaver dams increasing water pressure so an emergency removal order was issued.