First Cotton Cloth Mill

First Cotton Cloth Mill is a Massachusetts historical marker in Waltham, Middlesex County, dedicated 1930.

Moody Street, Waltham · location approximate

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Here stands the original factory built by the Boston Manufacturing Company in 1813, the first mill in which all the operations for making cotton cloth were carried on in one place, and by power.

1930 text, presented as a historical document.

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Historical maps covering this location

1812 · Massachusetts. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1823 · Massachusetts (Carey, 1823) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1829 · Map of Boston and its vicinity from actual survey (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1833 · Map of Boston and its vicinity from actual surveys (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1852 · Boston and vicinity. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Massachusetts, 1812, covering the location of First Cotton Cloth Mill, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Massachusetts, 1812, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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Marker data: Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission, 1930 (Commonwealth of Massachusetts)

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