On Revolution Way east of Neponset Street, on the right when traveling north.
Copper Rolling Mill
Paul Revere was the first person in the United States to successfully
produce copper sheathing. Rolled copper was indispensable to the
ship-building and military industries. Copper could protect wooden
ship hulls from . . . — — Map (db m308377) HM
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
