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
Immigrants: The Key to the Site's Success
By 1880, immigrants from several countries, especially Ireland, were
bringing their skills and hard-work ethic to help fuel Canton's economic
success. Canton's many manufacturing industries provided . . . — — Map (db m308373) HM
The Power's in the Water
This location represents the lowest flow point for
the east branch of the Neponset River that passes
through the property to the Fowl Meadows (a very
large marshy area of 8,400 acres encompassing eight
surrounding . . . — — Map (db m308319) HM
John Winthrop, Jr., Blast Furnace
has been designated an
Historical Landmark by
American Society for Metals.
In 1644, John Winthrop Jr. built the first commercial blast iron furnace in America at Quincy, Massachusetts, where it produced . . . — — Map (db m282027) HM
"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
At the forge, porous and brittle cast iron was changed into tough, strong, flexible wrought iron. To the sounds of four water wheels turning, the bellows flapping, and the ground-shaking thump of the power hammer, men toiled to make wrought-iron . . . — — Map (db m298952) HM
