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The Dorchester-Milton Lower Mills Industrial District is a historic district on both sides of the Neponset River in the Dorchester area of Boston and in the town of Milton, Massachusetts. It encompasses an industrial factory complex, most of which was historically associated with the Walter Baker & Company , the first major maker of chocolate ...
Dorchester (/ ˈ d ɔːr tʃ ɛ s t ər /) is a neighborhood comprising more than 6 square miles (16 km 2) in the city of Boston, Massachusetts, United States.Originally, Dorchester was a separate town, founded by Puritans who emigrated in 1630 from Dorchester, Dorset, England, to the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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Milton is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States, and a suburb of Boston.The population was 28,630 at the 2020 census. [1]Milton is located in the relatively hilly area between the Neponset River and Blue Hills, bounded by Brush Hill to the west, Milton Hill to the east, Blue Hills to the south and the Neponset River to the north.
The station was renamed Milton Lower Mills in 1871. [3] The Shawmut Branch Railroad opened between Harrison Square and Milton Lower Mills on December 2, 1872, and most Mattapan–Boston service began using that line north of Milton Lower Mills. [4] A new station building was constructed in 1884–85.
The river now flows through the Dorchester-Milton Lower Mills Industrial District. The stretch of the Neponset from Milton to Dorchester Bay was referred to as Milton River on some early maps. [5] About 2,000 feet (610 m) of the river was placed in conduits during construction of the Foxboro Raceway and later Foxboro Stadium.
Elliottville Lower Mill, East Killingly, Connecticut, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) Dorchester-Milton Lower Mills Industrial District , Boston, Massachusetts, NRHP-listed Lower Mill (Honeoye Falls, New York) , NRHP-listed
"Walter Baker Chocolate Company" Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine - Dorchester Atheneum Cf. also: "Walter Baker & Co. General History" Archived 2008-12-06 at the Wayback Machine - Dorchester Atheneum; Committee of the Dorchester Antiquarian and Historical Society, "History of the Town of Dorchester, Massachusetts", Boston : E. Clapp ...