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
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