Pictures 2 Boston Manufacturing Company, Waltham Massachusetts

1979 FIRST WING OF MILL LOOKING EAST WITH SURVIVING PORTION OF HEADRACE IN CENTER-LEFT FOREGROUND. BUILDING AT EXTREME RIGHT IS THE SITE FROM WHICH PHOTOGRAPHS #1 AND #2 WERE TAKEN.

1979 FIRST WING OF MILL LOOKING SOUTHEAST. DATESTONE BELOW TOP ROW OF WINDOWS AT END ON EXTREME RIGHT READS 1813, WHICH IS THE FOUNDING DATE OF THE CORPORATION, NOTE DATE OF THE FIRST MILL (1814). TOWER AT RIGHT CENTER IS A STAIR/ELEVATOR TOWER ERECTED CA. 1891 AT SAME TIME THE NEW TOP FLOOR WAS PUT ON. CRENELATED OCTAGONAL TOWER AT LEFT IS THE STAIR TOWER FOR THE 1852 WING.

1979 LOOKING SOUTHEAST, WITH CA. 1891 STAIR/ELEVATOR TOWER RIGHT AND 1852 STAIR TOWER CENTER. THREE STORY BUILDING WITH STACK IN BACKGROUND IS 1873 PICKER HOUSE.

1979 JUNCTURE OF 1852 WING (RIGHT) AND 1873 WING (LEFT). NOTE DISCONTINUITY OF FACADES. (SEE PHOTO # 57 FOR INTERIOR TREATMENT AT JUNCTURE) TOP FLOOR OF 1852 WING ADDED IN LATE 1870s.

1979 BRIDGE BETWEEN 1880 WING STAIRTOWER (LEFT) AND 1873 PICKERHOUSE RIGHT. LOWER STORIES OF 1852 WING CAN BE SEEN UNDER BRIDGE. PICKERHOUSE WAS ORIGINALLY TWO STORIES HIGH, WITH THIRD STORY ADDED SOMETIME BETWEEN 1852 AND THE TURN OF THE CENTURY.
