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Period: to
Industrialization
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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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Fulling mill built at Brookside - stays in business for 140 years
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Opening of the Framingham and Lowell Rail Road
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Incorporation of Westford
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Construction of Middlesex and Pawtucket Canals finished
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Incorporation of Lowell
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Moore Brother buy the main mill in Brookside and convert it to the manufacture of yarn
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Opening of the Boston and Lowell Rail Road
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Closing of the Framinghamand 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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Boston and Maine Railroad takes over the lease of the Stony Brook Rail Road
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Forge Vilage Nail Company is bought out by the Abbott Worsted company
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Jonas Prescott given a land grant on Forge Pond and bulds a corn/grist mill
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Thomas Hittinger buys the picnic area of Forge Pond and expands his ice business to Westford
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Isaac Carkin opens the Oak Hill Quarry - the first quarry in Westford
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Opening of the Nashua and Lowell Rail Road
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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 & 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. Sargents and Sons Company
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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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Final Local and Regional Passenger Trains on the Stony Brook Rail Road
