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1st mill in Westford- saw and grist mill- is erected near Nab Pond on Saw Mill Brook
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Jonas Prescott given a land grant on Forge Pond and builds a corn/grist mill
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First of 5 iron forger erected in Forge Village (the 4th or 5th earliest in New England)
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Incorporation of Westford
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Construction of Middlesex and Pawtucket Canals finished
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Opening of the Nashua and Lowell Rail Road
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Incorporation of Lowell
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Opening of the Boston and Lowell Rail Road
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Abbott and Company comes into existence and begins the manufacture of carpet yarns in Graniteville
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Opening of the Stony Brook Rail Road
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Final Local and Regional Passenger Trains on the Stony Brook Rail Road
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Moore Brothers buy the main mill in Brookside and convert it to the manufacture of yearn
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Thomas Hittinger buys the picnic area of Forge Pond and expands his ice bussiness to Westford
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Forge Village Nail Company formed- buys land and water rights of the iron forges (thus ending the iron industry in Westford)
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Opening of the Framingham and Lowell Rail Road
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Isaac Carkin opens the Oak Hill Quarry- the first quarry in Westford
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Fulling Mill built at Brookside- stays in business for 140 years
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Opening of the Nashua, Acton, and Boston Rail Road
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Official opening of the Stony Brook Rail Road (leased and used by the Nashua and Lowell Rail Road)
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Charles G. Sargent and Francis A Calvert buy Thomas Richardson's saw/ grist mill in Graniteville and open the C.G. Sargent and Sons Company
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Forge Village Nail Company is bought out by the Abbot Worsted Company
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Opening of the HE Fletcher Company Quarry
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Boston and Maine Rail Road takes over the lease of the Stony Brook Rail Road
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Opening of the HE Fletcher Rail Road
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Closing of the Nashua, Acton, and Boston Rail Road
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Closing of the Framingham and Lowell Rail Road
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Abbot Worsted Mill land and buildings bought by the Murray Printing Company
