Industry
The mills on the Neponset River have been referred to as the precursor to the American Industrial Revolution. Manufacturing, which grew to satisfy the needs of the population, was given a boost by the trade embargo enacted in 1807. Without goods from England and France in the market, domestic industries grew to satisfy demand.
No. 1580 German's Sweet Chocolate label
In 1852 Sam German developed a dark sweet ...
No. 18716 Portrait of Roswell Gleason at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Roswell Gleason (1799-1887) came to ...
No. 5037 Pewter candle holder with tray and ring made by Roswell Gleason's ...
Porringers
Gleason’s traditional designs included porringers such as these from the 1830s with burnt-on ...
No. 18689 Detail from Plan of Neponset River and Part of Dorchester Bay showing the location of Glover's tide mill ...
No. 7513 Advertisement in Dorchester and Quincy Directory, 1868-9, for Greenwood & Jenkins, masons, ranges ...
The Dorchester Beacon, October 26, 1907
H.H. Delorie
An Expert Carpenter and Builder, 1878 Dorchester ...
No. 1308 Hallet & Davis piano factory, circa 1910.
The Hallet, Davis & Company was one of the early ...
Liversidge Starch and Gum ...
No. 3612 Image of the factory comes from the 1890 Bird’s-Eye View of Lower Mills
Ariel M. Cain was born in 1845 ...
No. 21865 Neponset River mills selected locations. Map from Papermaking on the Neponset by Howard Wallingford. ...
Preston Chocolate
number 8975 Preston Chocolate on Commercial Point
One of the buildings of the Baker ...