Pictures 3 Boston Manufacturing Company, Waltham Massachusetts

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Boston Manufacturing Company, Waltham Massachusetts 1979 1880 ADDITION TO 1873 WING LOOKING SOUTH. STAIR/ELEVATOR TOWER CENTER LEFT HAS A DATESTONE 1879 BUT APPEARS INTEGRAL WITH PORTION OF WING DATED 1880. BRIDGE FROM RAILROAD SPUR TRESTLE TO TOWER WAS REMOVED DURING REHABILITATION IN 1980.
1979 1880 ADDITION TO 1873 WING LOOKING SOUTH. STAIR/ELEVATOR TOWER CENTER LEFT HAS A DATESTONE 1879 BUT APPEARS INTEGRAL WITH PORTION OF WING DATED 1880. BRIDGE FROM RAILROAD SPUR TRESTLE TO TOWER WAS REMOVED DURING REHABILITATION IN 1980.

Boston Manufacturing Company, Waltham Massachusetts 1979 LOOKING SOUTH WITH 1873 WING TO RIGHT AT POWER PLANT. THE 1901 ENGINE HOUSE IS AT CENTER. GENERATOR HOUSE WITH CLERESTORY, ONLY PARTIALLY ABOVE GRADE AT LOWER RIGHT (DEMOLISHED DURING REHABILITATION). 1911 BOILERHOUSE AND STACK LEFT AND CENTER. NOTE THAT, ALTHOUGH FACADE OF BOILER HOUSE APPEARS SYMETRICAL, THE ROOFLINE PITCH IS NOT. THIS ANOMALY RESULTS FROM SHOEHORNING THE NEW BUILDING INTO A CRAMPED SITE.
1979 LOOKING SOUTH WITH 1873 WING TO RIGHT AT POWER PLANT. THE 1901 ENGINE HOUSE IS AT CENTER. GENERATOR HOUSE WITH CLERESTORY, ONLY PARTIALLY ABOVE GRADE AT LOWER RIGHT (DEMOLISHED DURING REHABILITATION). 1911 BOILERHOUSE AND STACK LEFT AND CENTER. NOTE THAT, ALTHOUGH FACADE OF BOILER HOUSE APPEARS SYMETRICAL, THE ROOFLINE PITCH IS NOT. THIS ANOMALY RESULTS FROM SHOEHORNING THE NEW BUILDING INTO A CRAMPED SITE.

Boston Manufacturing Company, Waltham Massachusetts 1979 BOILERHOUSE (RIGHT) AND 1873 WING (LEFT) LOOKING TO THE NORTHWEST, WITH WATERTOWN BRANCH RAILROAD AND SPUR TO MILLS AT LOWER CENTER/RIGHT. NOTE HOW THE SPUR CURVES TO FORCE A BEND IN FALL OF THE BOILERHOUSE. THE 1902 STEAM TURBINE IS VISIBLE JUST TO THE LOWER LEFT OF THE STACK.
1979 BOILERHOUSE (RIGHT) AND 1873 WING (LEFT) LOOKING TO THE NORTHWEST, WITH WATERTOWN BRANCH RAILROAD AND SPUR TO MILLS AT LOWER CENTER/RIGHT. NOTE HOW THE SPUR CURVES TO FORCE A BEND IN FALL OF THE BOILERHOUSE. THE 1902 STEAM TURBINE IS VISIBLE JUST TO THE LOWER LEFT OF THE STACK.

Boston Manufacturing Company, Waltham Massachusetts 1979 TAILRACE ARCH FROM 1814 MILL BROKEN THROUGH DURING EXCAVATION FOR A SURFACE WATER RUNOFF POLLUTION TRAP, SUBSEQUENTLY FILLED.
1979 TAILRACE ARCH FROM 1814 MILL BROKEN THROUGH DURING EXCAVATION FOR A SURFACE WATER RUNOFF POLLUTION TRAP, SUBSEQUENTLY FILLED.

Boston Manufacturing Company, Waltham Massachusetts 1979 INTERIOR OF 1814 MILL TAILRACE WITH LEVEL OF WATER BELOW DAM EVIDENT. WALL DIMLY VISIBLE AT REAR IS BRICKED UP ARCH IN FOUNDATION WALL OF THE MILL.
1979 INTERIOR OF 1814 MILL TAILRACE WITH LEVEL OF WATER BELOW DAM EVIDENT. WALL DIMLY VISIBLE AT REAR IS BRICKED UP ARCH IN FOUNDATION WALL OF THE MILL.

Boston Manufacturing Company, Waltham Massachusetts 1979 EXIT ARCH OF 1853 WING TAILRACE, IN RUBBLE RETAINING WALL ALONG BANE OF THE RIVER, LOOKING NORTHWEST.
1979 EXIT ARCH OF 1853 WING TAILRACE, IN RUBBLE RETAINING WALL ALONG BANE OF THE RIVER, LOOKING NORTHWEST.