On Washington Street, on the right when traveling north.
The Mills
Near this spot, in the late 1600's the first mill was built in Canton (then named Dorchester.) Consisting of forty-five acres assigned to Thomas Holman, this saw-mill was still standing in 1700. By 1760, at this dam, Mr. Leonard . . . — — Map (db m308389) HM
On Central Street, on the right when traveling south. Reported missing.
"The Company of Undertakers for the Iron Works," consisting of English gentlemen and colonists, erected a furnace on this site in 1643. Joseph Jenks, their employe, built a forge here in 1647, invented the modern type of scythe, and built Boston's . . . — — Map (db m282033) HM
On Summer Street at Spring Lane, on the left when traveling west on Summer Street.
"In April and May come up another kind of fish which they call herring or old wives in infinite schools, into a small river running under town, and so into a great pond or lake of a mile broad, where they cast their spawn, the water of the said . . . — — Map (db m220694) HM
On Nemasket Street at Plymouth Street, on the left when traveling north on Nemasket Street.
The Muttock area has a history of occupation and use that dates to the early archaic period, attracting Native Americans who came to fish in the Nemasket River amd who probably established a small village nearby. In 1734 a dam was built across the . . . — — Map (db m303338) HM
