. Lawrence yesterday and today (1845-1918) a concise history of Lawrence Massachusetts - her industries and institutions; municipal statistics and a variety of information concerning the city. est place in the a short distance from the south end were the taverns at Shawsheencorner (corner Andover street and South Broadway), the scene ofmany joyous as well as bibulous gatherings. The half mile from thebridge to this corner was the race track in the old times. On musterand training days the old militia marched over the swaying arches,here and there in the ranks revolutionary patriots.
. Lawrence yesterday and today (1845-1918) a concise history of Lawrence Massachusetts - her industries and institutions; municipal statistics and a variety of information concerning the city. est place in the a short distance from the south end were the taverns at Shawsheencorner (corner Andover street and South Broadway), the scene ofmany joyous as well as bibulous gatherings. The half mile from thebridge to this corner was the race track in the old times. On musterand training days the old militia marched over the swaying arches,here and there in the ranks revolutionary patriots. About 1814, some 15 British officers, prisoners, were quartered atShawsheen corner to keep them away from the shipping of the proved quite an attraction, especially to the women of ShawsheenFields, who found them to be excellent dancers. On June 20, 1825, General Lafayette passed over Andover Bridgein his triumphal journey from Boston to Concord, N. H. In was on this bridge that Daniel Saunders and his associatesstood in March, 1845, when they conceived the idea of harnessing thewaters of the ^lerrimack River for the use of industry, and of layingthe foundation of the The dots seen on the aljove map represent the houses wliich were located within the terri-tory now included in the citv, when the Essex Company began operations. It will be notedthat the nearest approach to a settlement was at the cross-roads on the Andover side ot theriver, where the old Lowell road (Andover street) crossed the Turnpike (South Broadway). THE ESSEX COMPANY The history of the Essex Company is practically the story of thefounding and early development of Lawrence. This corporation con-ceived the idea upon which the city is built,—the harnessing of thewaters of the JMerrimack River and turning their power to thepromotion of manufacturing industry. With the construction of thegreat dam was laid the corner stone of Lawrence, one of the foremosttextile manufacturing cities in the wo
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