 Click image for more information The Stearns Lumber Company was a huge concern covering approximately 14 acres.
Port Norfolk was pasture land until the 19th century. Then its northern end was developed into a large industrial site housing the Putnam Nail Company and later the George Lawley & Son company, manufacturers of motor yachts.
The southern reaches of Port Norfolk were well situated for commercial purposes as well with since the Port's north, east and southern borders provided access to the Neponset River. The Laban Pratt Lumber Company was located on the river about where the train bridge crosses. The Stearns Lumber Company was a huge concern covering approximately 14 acres just to the east of that. In today?s illustration, the viewer would probably have been hovering in a balloon over the railroad bridge looking east.
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