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BOILERHOUSE (RIGHT) AND 1873 WING (LEFT) LOOKING TO THE NORTHWEST, WITH WATERTOWN BRANCH RAILROAD AND SPUR TO MILLS AT LOWER CENTER-RIGHT. NOTE HOW THE SPUR CURVES TO FORCE A BEND IN FALL OF THE BOILERHOUSE. THE 1902 STEAM TURBINE IS VISIBLE JUST TO THE LOWER LEFT OF THE STACK. - Boston Manufacturing Company, 144-190 Moody Street, Waltham, Middlesex County, MA
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Moody , Paul; Lodge , Francis Cabot; Jackson , Patrick Tracy; Watertown Railroad; Perkins, Jacob; Gordon Charles River Falls Company; Boston Manufacturing Company; Appleton, Nathan; Gorham, Benjamin; Cotting, Uriah; Dutton, Warren; Thorndike, Israel; Lloyd, James; Jackson, Donald C, transmitter; Dunwell, Steve, photographer; Adams, George R, historian; Jenkins, Candace, historian; Folsom, Mike, historian
Depicted place Massachusetts; Middlesex County; Waltham
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER MASS,9-WALTH,4-15
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: The Boston Manufacturing Company was the first major industrial corporation in the United States. Founded in 1813 by Francis Cabot Lodge, Patrick T. Jackson, and others, the Boston Manufacturing Company integrated and mechanized production from raw material to finished product under a single management and within a single factory. It is credited with initiating large scale industrialization in the United States.
  • Survey number: HAER MA-54
  • Building/structure dates: 1813- 1814 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1816 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1843 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1852 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1873- 1880 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1891 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1901-1902 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1911 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1980 Subsequent Work
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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 77001412.
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ma0972.photos.081177p
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Camera location42° 22′ 21.15″ N, 71° 13′ 58.72″ W  Heading=337.5° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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