The Boston Mfg. Co., 1901 (Cotton Mill), Waltham, Mass.

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The Boston Mfg. Co., 1901 (Cotton Mill), Waltham, Mass.

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Title:
The Boston Mfg. Co., 1901 (Cotton Mill), Waltham, Mass.
Description:
Associated Mutual Insurance Companies. The Boston Mfg. Co., 1901 (Cotton Mill), Waltham, Mass. Boston, Mass.: Associated Mutual Insurance Companies, 1922. Surveyed April 27, 1922. Surveyed by W. G. Ball. Additional data from Mill July 12, 1922. 1 sheet. Includes plan of buildings (with dimensions), elevation views of individual buildings (with functions of building floors and rooms), and surroundings. Also includes description of property, power and fuel, stock and product, and extensive description of existing water sources and fire protection resources. Lacks isometric view of buildings, but see 1994.91.635.1 for isometric view dated 1903. See 1994.91.636.1 (Copy A) for exact same map without the changes pasted onto Copy B. Serial number 15022, replaces 10419 (original tracing). Index number 12777. Scale 1:600, 1 in. = 50 ft. 53.5 x 65.5 cm. Copy B.
Date:
1922
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Fire insurance maps
Location:
American Textile History Museum
Collection (local):
Osborne Library
Subjects:
Cotton manufacture
Textile factories
Fire risk assessment
Insurance surveys
Boston Manufacturing Company
Places:
Middlesex (county) > Waltham
Extent:
overall: horizontal 53.5 cm x vertical 65.5 cm x depth x diameter
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
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Notes:
Multiple copies. At this point in time, the mill was producing cotton ginghams and rugs.
Notes (ownership):
The American Textile History Museum closed in 2016. This item has been transferred to the Osher Map Library at the University of Southern Maine.
Notes (object):
Condition: Fair - glue residue from pieces pasted on
Accession #:
1994.91.636.2