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powered by FreeFind Search this site	Massachusetts Amesbury Amesbury & Salisbury Mills Village Historic District Address Amesbury MA Phone Web Site http://www.ci.amesbury.ma.us/ Alt Web www.essexheritage.org/ames_sals_mills_vill.htm Description Mill Yard, 9 mills from 1825-1872 along the Powow River & other nearby buildings Type of Resource Historic District Primary Focus: Industrial Massachusetts Amesbury Lowell's Boat Shop 459 Main Street Amesbury MA 01913 Phone 978 388-0162 Web Site http://www.lowellsboatshop.org/ Alt Web http://www.essexheritage.org/Lowells_boat_shop.htm Description boat shop in continuous operation since 1793, open for tours and boat rentals Type of Resource Historic Place Primary Focus: Industrial Era 1793
	Massachusetts Arlington Old Schwamb Mill 17 Mill Lane Arlington MA 02476 Phone 781 643-0554 Web Site http://www.oldschwambmill.org/home.html Description still-working belt driven machinery in water-powered mill 135+ years old Type of Resource Historic Place Primary Focus Industrial Building Type Mill Era 1860 New or Updated: 06/15/2003 Massachusetts Boston National Braille Press Factory Tour 88 St Stephen Street Boston MA Phone Toll Free 888 965-8965 Web Site www.nbp.org Description see how Braille books and magazines are produced Type of Resource History Related Organization Primary Focus: Industrial Industry Profession Publishing Massachusetts Brockton Brockton Shoe Museum Brockton Heritage Center 216 North Pearl Street Brockton MA 02301 Phone Web Site http://www.brocktonma.com/bhs/shoe.html E-mail mailto:gerryb@brocktonma.com Description history of American shoemaking with video, military footwear, celebrity shoe collection Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus: Industrial Collection N-Z Shoes Massachusetts Brookline Watch it Made in the USA 124 Harvard Street Brookline MA 02446 Phone 617 734-6184 Fax 617 734-1989 Web Site www.factorytour.com E-mail mailto:info@factorytour.com Description guide to manufacturing company tours, mostly promotes book of the same name, offers a few examples Type of Resource Tourism Information Primary Focus: Industrial Nature of Group or Site Web Site MA Dalton Crane Museum 30 South Street Dalton MA 01226 Phone 413 648-2600 Web Site *** Alt Web http://www.berkshireweb.com/themap/dalton/museum.html Description History of papermaking by a paper company, housed in 1846 stone mill Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Industrial Industry /Profession Papermaking New or Updated: 08/11/2003 Massachusetts Leominster National Plastics Center & Museum 210 Lancaster Street Leominster MA Phone 978 537-9529 Web Site http://npcm.plastics.com Description history, uses of plastic - recycling, classes and experiments Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus:** Industrial			Google
	MA Lowell American Textile History Museum 491 Dutton Street Lowell MA 01854 Phone 978 441-0400 Web Site www.athm.org Alt Web http://www.athm.org/sites/boston/bostonftp/athm/home.html Description history of the textile industry Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Industrial Field of Study/Science Facility Labor Industry /Profession Textiles Collection A-F Costume Collection G-M Machinery Collection N-Z Tools New or Updated: 10/26/2003 MA Lawrence Lawrence Heritage State Park 1 Jackson Street Lawrence MA 01840 Phone 978 794-1655 Web Site http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/northeast/lwhp.htm Alt Web http://www.essexheritage.org/lawrence_heritage.htm Description restored boarding house with two floors of exhibits explains history town's mills including 1912 Bread and Roses strike Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Industrial Field of Study/Science Facility Labor New or Updated: 12/5/2005 MA Lowell Lowell National Historical Park 67 Kirk Street Lowell MA 01852 Phone 978 970-5000 Web Site http://www.nps.gov/lowe E-mail mailto:LOWE_Superintendent@nps.gov Description 37 buildings of former mill center Type of Resource Historic District Primary Focus Industrial Building Type Mill Industry /Profession Textiles Collection G-M Machinery Collection N-Z Tools Research /Reading Library Era 1824-1908 New or Updated: 11/17/2003
	Massachusetts North Andover Museum of American Textile History 800 Massachusetts Avenue North Andover MA 01845 Phone 617 686-0191 Description textile manufacturing machinery, much of it operational, depicting industrial life Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus: Industrial Industry Profession Textiles Era 19th MA North Grafton Willard House and Clock Museum 11 Willard Street North Grafton MA 01536 Phone 508 839-3500 Web Site http://www.willardhouse.org/ Description clock making family home, with over 70 Willard clocks on display Type of Resource House Museum Primary Focus Industrial Collection Clocks New or Updated: 4/24/2006 MA Orleans French Cable Station Museum in Orleans 41 South Orleans Rd Orleans MA 02653 Phone 508 240-1735 Web Site http://www.atlantic-cable.com/Article/FrenchCableStation/ Description story of trans-Atlantic cable communications in building constructed for the purpose Type of Resource Historic Place Primary Focus Industrial Industry /Profession Telecommunications Era 1891 New or Updated: 09/30/2003 Massachusetts Rowley Winfrey's Fudge & Candy Factory Tour Address Rowley MA Phone 978 948-7448 Web Site www.winfreys.com Description Type of Resource Tourist Attraction Primary Focus: Industrial MA Sandwich Sandwich Glass Museum 129 Main Street MAIL PO Box 103 Sandwich MA 02563 Phone 508 888-0251 Web Site http://www.sandwichglassmuseum.org/ Description Mostly glassware from the Boston and Sandwich Company, lighting gallery, color & chemistry Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Industrial Collection G-M Glass Owner/Operator: Sandwich Historical Society New or Updated: 7/2/2007 MA Saugus Saugus Ironworks 244 Central Street Saugus MA 01906 Phone 781 233-0050 Web Site http://www.nps.gov/sair/ Alt Web mailto:SAIR_Iron_Works_House@nps.gov Description reconstructed ironworks complex with museum, model of the functioning plant, examples of iron based items Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Industrial Building Type Mill Era 1646-1668 New or Updated: 10/29/2003 MA Waltham Charles River Museum of Industry 154 Moody Street Waltham MA 02453 Phone 781 893-5410 Web Site http://www.crmi.org/index.htm E-mail mailto:info@crmi.org Description Lowell textiles, Waltham Watch Co, working vintage machinery Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Industrial Collection A-F Clocks Collection G-M Machinery New or Updated: 7/1/2006 MA Worcester American Sanitary Plumbing Museum 39 Piedmont Street Worcester MA 01610 Phone 508 754-9453 Web Site *** Alt Web http://www.wbur.org/special/strangemuseums/plumbing.asp Description hundreds of fixtures and fittings, plus a library Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Industrial Collection N-Z Plumbing Research /Reading Library New or Updated:** 2/2/2004
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