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Mill Street, Attleboro, MA in 1908 Arlington Mills, Lawrence, MA in 1907 Merrimack Falls, Lawrence, MA in c. 1905 This is a list of mill towns in Massachusetts . List
Fitchburg's climate is humid continental, which is the predominant climate for Massachusetts and New England. [17] Summers are typically warm, rainy, and humid, while winters are cold, windy, and snowy. Spring and fall are usually mild, but conditions vary widely and depend on wind direction and jet stream positioning.
Map of Massachusetts with North County highlighted. The Montachusett Region (also known as North County) is a region comprising several cities and towns in the north-central area of Massachusetts surrounding Fitchburg. As it has no legal standing in state government, definitions of the region vary.
The Parkhill Mill complex is located west of downtown Fitchburg, on the south bank of the Nashua River east of Oak Hill Road and north of Cleghorn Street. The complex consists of four buildings, three of which are joined in a U shape open to the south; the fourth, the mill's former boiler house, is located just east of these three, oriented north–south and parallel to the eastern leg of the U.
This is a list of villages in Massachusetts, arranged alphabetically. In Massachusetts, villages usually do not have any official legal status; all villages are part of an incorporated municipality (town or city - see List of municipalities in Massachusetts ) which is the smallest official form of government.
The Fitchburg Historical Society is a historical society whose mission is to collect, preserve, and present the history of Fitchburg, Massachusetts.The society was founded in 1892, and is now headquartered in the historic Phoenix Building at 781 Main Street.
Route 31 runs north–south through Ashby, and Route 119 runs east–west. The two routes have a short overlap to the east of the town center. Ashby is a member of the Montachusett Regional Transit Authority (MART), but there is no direct public transportation to the town beyond paratransit services; the nearest service is in the city of Fitchburg, to the south.
The New England Textile Strike was a strike led by members of the United Textile Workers of America (UTW) principally in the U.S. states of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. [4] Throughout the duration of the strike, an estimated 68,000–85,000 workers refused to work.