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.
In 1852 Sam German developed a dark sweet baking chocolate for the Baker Chocolate Company. One ...
Built in 1837, the Roswell Gleason House, named Lilacs, stood at corner of Washington and Park Streets. The house ...
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 ...
Tide mills make use of the action of the tides to provide water for power. A dam is built is built across ...
The Boston Directory for 1870 has an entry for John F. Greenwood, mason, Dorchester ave. cor. ...
The Dorchester Beacon, October 26, 1907
H.H. Delorie
An Expert Carpenter and Builder, 1878 Dorchester ...
The Hallet, Davis & Company was one of the early well-known American piano makers. The firm was originally ...
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 ...
The Dorchester Beacon, October 26, 1907
Alexander Stein
Artistic House and Fresco Painter, 329 Washington ...
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