Simpson Refrigerator

Simpson Refrigerator

No. 12304 Bird’s-Eye View of Lower Mill, 1890 The Simpson Refrigerator Company was located on the north side of  Sanford Street, Dorchester (Boston),Massachusetts, in the Lower Mills section.   The factory would have been located approximately at  53-57 Sanford...

Victory Road Park

Victory Road Park is a nine-acre park on Dorchester Bay just south of the peninsula known as Commercial Point where the Old Colony Yacht Club and the colorful gas tank are located. Victory Road Park was created in the late 1980s from a former illegal landfill.  Judge...

Cheever Newhall, 1788-1878

Newhall Cheever, 1788-1878 No. 24335 Portrait of Cheever Newhall owned by Massachusetts Horticultural Society John and Cheever Newhall were born in Lynn, Massachusetts.  Under the name, Cheever Newhall and Company, they owned and operated shoe factories in eastern...

Dorchester Cotton and Iron Company

The Dorchester Cotton and Iron Company was one of the first large cotton mills in Massachusetts.[1] Incorporated in 1811, the manufacturing plant was originally located near the upper falls, but moved to a location by Central Avenue.  In 1850 the census of...