Industrial Revolution

By WillF
  • 1st Mill In Westford.

    1st Mill In Westford.

    Saw and grist mill on nab pond.
  • Jonas prescott givven a land grant on Forge Pond

    Jonas prescott givven a land grant on Forge Pond

    He builds a corn/grist mill.
  • 1st of five iorn frges built of in Forge Village.

    1st of five iorn frges built of in Forge Village.

  • Incorporation of Westford

    Incorporation of Westford

  • Fulling mill built in Brookside

    Fulling mill built in Brookside

  • Forge Village Nail co. Formed

    Forge Village Nail co. Formed

    Buys land and water rightsof the iorn forges.
  • Incorporation of Lowell

    Incorporation of Lowell

  • Charles Hollis hews granite from boulders in town and hauls them to boston

    Charles Hollis hews granite from boulders in town and hauls them to boston

  • Isaac Carkin opens the Oak Hill Quarry

    Isaac Carkin opens the Oak Hill Quarry

    1st quarry in Westford
  • Opening of the Nashua & Lowell RR

    Opening of the Nashua & Lowell RR

  • Opening of the Boston & Lowell RR

    Opening of the Boston & Lowell RR

  • Forge Village Nail Co. Bought Out by the Abbot Worsted Co.

    Forge Village Nail Co. Bought Out by the Abbot Worsted Co.

  • Abbot Worsted Co. Comes Into Exitance

    Abbot Worsted Co. Comes Into Exitance

    Begins the manufacturing of capet yarns.
  • Opening of the Stony Brook RR

    Opening of the Stony Brook RR

  • Construction of the Middlesex and Pawtucket canal finished

    Construction of the Middlesex and Pawtucket canal finished

  • Charles G. Sargent And Francis A. Calvert buy Thomas Richardson's mill in Graniteville

    Charles G. Sargent And Francis A. Calvert buy Thomas Richardson's mill in Graniteville

    The open the C.G. Sargent and sons Co.
  • Thomas Hittenger buys the picnic area of Forge Pond

    Thomas Hittenger buys the picnic area of Forge Pond

    He expands his ice business to westford.
  • Opening of the Framingham & Lowell RR

    Opening of the Framingham & Lowell RR

  • Opening of the Nashua, Acton & Boston RR

    Opening of the Nashua, Acton & Boston RR

  • Opening of the H.E. Flecher Co. Quarry

    Opening of the H.E. Flecher Co. Quarry

  • Boston & Main RR takes over the lease of the Stony Brook RR

    Boston & Main RR takes over the lease of the Stony Brook RR

  • Moore Brothers buy the Brookside mill and convert it to manufacture of yarn.

    Moore Brothers buy the Brookside mill and convert it to manufacture of yarn.

  • Opening of the H.E. Flecher RR

    Opening of the H.E. Flecher RR

  • Closing of the Nashua, Acton & Boston RR

    Closing of the Nashua, Acton & Boston RR

  • Final passenger trains on the Stony Brook RR

    Final passenger trains on the Stony Brook RR

  • Abbot Worsted Mill land and building bought out by the Murry Printing Co.

    Abbot Worsted Mill land and building bought out by the Murry Printing Co.

  • Closing of the Framinham & Lowell RR

    Closing of the Framinham & Lowell RR