Records, 1792-1947 (inclusive), 1825-1900 (bulk) [microform].

Holyoke Water Power Company.

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Lowell Manufacturing Company.

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Bigelow-Hartford Carpet Company

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The Hartford Carpet Corp. and the Bigelow Carpet Co., both incorporated in 1854, merged in 1914 to become the Bigelow-Hartford Carpet Co. In 1924 that company merged with Stephen Sanford & Sons, Amsterdam, N.Y. and New York City, to become the Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Co. The company had headquarters in New York City and manufacturing plants in Thompsonville, Conn. and Clinton, Mass. From the description of [Business records] / Bigelow-Hartford Carpet Co. and Bigelow-Sanford Carpet...

Turnpike Company.

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Whistler, George W. (George Washington), 1800-1849

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Engineer and army officer. Father of artist James McNeill Whistler. From the description of George W. Whistler correspondence, 1842 September 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981348 ...

Mills, Hiram F. (Hiram Francis), 1836-1921

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Proprietors of the Locks and Canals on Merrimack River

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The Locks and Canals company was chartered in 1792 by a group of merchants and shipowners from Newburyport, Mass. interested in improving the navigability of the Merrimack River and thereby boosting commerce at Newburyport. They constructed the Pawtucket Canal around the rapids at East Chelmsford. By 1803, however, construction of the Middlesex Canal linking the Merrimack with Boston had diverted shipping to Boston rather than to Newburyport. The Locks and Canals company was revived with the est...

Shattuck, Moses.

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Francis, James B. (James Bicheno), 1815-1892

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Engineer. From the description of James B. Francis correspondence, 1851-1852. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450330 ...

Badger, William, 1943-

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Appleton Mills.

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Pepperell Manufacturing Company

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Company was a cotton manufacturer in Biddeford, Maine. From the description of Certificate of shares. 1883. (American Textile History Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 50739037 Cotton manufacturing company organized in 1850 in Biddeford, Maine. Consolidated with Laconia Co. (organized in 1844) in 1899, with the Massachusetts Cotton Mills (organized in 1839) in 1926, and with Saco Water Power Co. in 1916. From the description of Records, 1741-1932 (inclusive), ...

Safford, Arthur T., 1867-1951.

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Hydraulic engineer. Educated at Williams College (A.B. 1887). Assistant engineer, Massachusetts Department of Health, 1887-1891; assistant to city engineer, Newton, Mass., 1891-1898; assistant engineer of the Proprietors of Locks and Canals on Merrimack River, 1894-1916; chief engineer, 1916-1938; consulting engineer, 1938-1950. Safford also maintained an outside consulting business, including work for Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, International Paper Company, and other companies and municipal...

Hamilton Manufacturing Company.

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Francis, James M.M.

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Leonard, C. S.

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Frizell, Joseph P. (Joseph Palmer), 1832-

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Lawrence Manufacturing Company

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Cotton manufacturing firm of Lowell, Mass., established in 1831 by proprietors of the other Lowell mills in connection with the Boston merchants Abbott and Amos Lawrence. Produced hosiery, underwear, sheetings, drills, denims, and flannels. The business was liquidated in 1926. From the description of Records, 1831-1955 (inclusive), 1831-1926 (bulk). (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 229894599 The company was a cotton manufacturer in Lowell, Mass., with offices i...

Tremont and Suffolk Mills.

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The Tremont Mills and Suffolk Manufacturing Co., originally separate entities, were both founded in 1831. In 1871 businessman and industrialist Federick Ayer, with is brother James C. Ayer, purchased a controlling interest in the Tremont Mills and the Suffolk Manufacturing Co. of Lowell, Mass. The Ayer brothers consolidated the companies to form the Tremont and Suffolk Mills. The company manufactured jeans, cotton flannels, shirtings and print cloth. Tremont and Suffolk Mills was absorbed by the...

Middlesex Company

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Middlesex Co., a woolen manufacturer in Lowell, Mass., was organized in 1830 as the Middlesex Manufacturing Co. (also known as Middlesex Woolen Co.) by William and Samuel Lawrence. At that time, it was the largest factory for the weaving of woolen goods in the country, making broadcloth, doeskins, cassimeres, shawls, and indigo-dyed coating for uniforms. The company went into bankruptcy in 1858 and was reorganized the following year. The company ceased to manufacture between 1912 and 1918, and i...

Boott, William.

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Ipswich Mills.

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Winnipisseogee Lake Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company.

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Melcher, Sarah J.

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Morse, J. Thomas

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Prescott Manufacturing Company.

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Boyden, Uriah A. (Uriah Atherton), 1804-1879

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Massachusetts Cotton Mills.

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Boott, Kirk, 1790-1837

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Boston and Lowell Railroad Corporation

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The route for the Boston and Lowell Railroad was surveyed in 1829; one year later the Massachusetts Legislature granted approval for the project. In June 1835, a single track linking Boston and Lowell was completed, making this one of the earliest steam railways in the U.S. In 1895 the Boston and Maine Railroad, lessor of the Boston and Lowell Railroad, decided to eliminate a dangerous grade crossing at Prison Point St. by building an overhead viaduct and bridge connecting Cambridge and Charlest...

Moody, D. I.

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Boott Cotton Mills.

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Locks and Canals Company.

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Great Falls Manufacturing Company

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Jackson, P. T. (Patrick Tracy), 1780-1847

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Jackson's father, Patrick Tracy Jackson, was instrumental in the founding of Lowell, Mass., the Merrimack Manufacturing Company, the Appleton Company, etc., and was on the Board of Directors of the Essex Company, which developed Lawrence, Mass. From the description of [Weaving superintendent's notebook]. 1898-1900. (American Textile History Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 48433790 ...

Merrimack Manufacturing Company

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Cotton manufacturing firm, Lowell, Mass. Established in 1822. First headed by Kirk Boott. One of the biggest manufacturers of corduroys and velveteens in the U.S. Ceased operations in 1958. From the description of Records, 1821-1957 (inclusive). (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 229894370 The company was a cotton manufacturer in Lowell, Mass. From the description of [Letter] 1926 June 5, Lowell, Mass. : [to] Mrs. Emilianna Vezina, Lowell, Mass. / [fr...

Atkinson, George Francklin

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Merrimack House.

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Saco-Lowell Shops

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Textile machinery manufacturing company, Saco and Biddeford, Me. Formed in 1912 from the consolidation of Saco-Pettee Company and the Lowell Machine Shops. Saco-Pettee's history extends back on one side to 1825 when the Pettee Machine Works, Newton, Mass., were established and to 1839 on the other side when the Saco Water Power Company was founded. In 1897 these firms formed the Saco and Pettee Machine Shops. In 1930 the firm consolidated all its operations in Maine. In 1948 it acquired a plant ...

Nashua Manufacturing Company

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Cotton textile manufacturer, Nashua, N.H. Incorporated 1823. Acquired Jackson Company in 1916. Acquired Indian Head Mills, 1924. Acquired Tremont and Suffolk Mills, 1926. Taken over by Textron, Inc. in 1945. Nashua mills closed in 1948. From the description of Records, 1824-1932 (inclusive) [microform]. (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 229894421 Cotton textile manufacturer located in Nashua, N.H., and incorporated in 1823. Taken over by Textron, Inc., in 1945. ...