Lamb Wire Canal
Horace Lamb had his wire mill here. It was a maker of broom and brushes with wire bristles. FINDAGRAVE
from 1910 the Smith’s Grist Mill takes over
Lamb Wire Mill Canal
Category: Uncategorized
Vernon Paper Mill Canal
Vernon Paper Canal would become Wood Cutlery Canal in the mid-1880s and then becomes from 1910 the Roger’s Cutlery Works Canal
Maynard Shovel Mill Canal
Leonard Silk Canal
Highland Park Community House
Highland Park Community House
The 1923 fire was a trigger for the Highland Park Community House to leave the schoolhouse and find better quarters. They might have continued to meet at the Mount Tom Golf Clubhouse but I am not sure.
Clement Mill Canal
Clement Mill formed in 1882 out of the International Screw.
The Clement Street Bridge from 1894 is nearby. EXTERNAL LINK
The Clement Cutlery Works was a high level cutlery mill.
Northampton Cutlery Canal
Northampton Cutlery Canal
The history of the mill area can be found at this EXTERNAL LINK. The Northampton Cutlery Canal ran from 1871 to 1987. Worker homes are at Riverside Drive and Lexington Avenue. The information from the table below is from the Macris database. Page 5 of the NTH421 from this database has a nice schematic of the evolution of the building. Bay State Hardware Company Worker Housing is nearby on Riverside Drive.
| mill | starts | ends | |
| Northampton Paper Mills | 1836 | 1848 | |
| Hampshire Flax and Hemp | 1848 | 1850 | |
| Bay State Tool Manufacturing | 1854 | 1858 | |
| Bay State Hardware Company | 1858 | 1870 | |
| Riverside Cutlery Company | 1870 | ||
| Northampton Cutlery Canal | 1871 | 1987 | |
Sanborn map analysis
Nonotuck Silk Canal (Northampton)
Gatehouse
Nonotuck Silk Canal (Northampton) is on Nonotuck Street in Florence. It powered the Nonotuck Silk Mill. The mill later would be called Corticelli Silk Mill. The silk mill was made in 1838. The mill also made machine twist.
Sanborn 1884, 1889, and 1895 maps – NOT
Childs Park
Hryniewicz Park
Hryniewicz Park
Frank Alphonse Hryniewicz at FINDAGRAVE and FINDAGRAVE
| person | death | burial | |
| Merrill L Simonds | 1918 | France | FINDAGRAVE |
| Edward T Goodreau | FINDAGRAVE | ||
| Joseph Zuhoski | FINDAGRAVE | ||
| Frederick F Gwozdz | FINDAGRAVE | ||
| Ephraim F Gendreau | 1918 | France | FINDAGRAVE |
| Alpherie Gaudette | 1918 | FINDAGRAVE | |
| Morris R Livezley | FINDAGRAVE |