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Lowell, Arizona is just south of Bisbee, and today is officially part of the city of Bisbee. Not only has the town lost it’s population over the years, but it actually lost it’s land as the massive copper pit mining was expanded.
Today a portion of the main street remains, with a collection of old buildings, cars, trucks and buses – but it has a unique appeal. It is the scene of numerous photo and video shoots.
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was established in 1628, with the initial towns being located in Salem and Boston. This colony was established 8 years after the Plymouth Colony, but the name they chose stuck.
The state has numerous locations of historical importance, but it does not live in the past. With colleges like MIT it is at the forefront of technology.
But you have to travel to get around the state so we start with:
1971 – 1999 – 2012Â Transportation in Massachusetts
According to some statistics Massachusetts drivers are statistically the worst drivers in the country. But if you leave the hotel at 5 AM on a Saturday you get a tunnel that looks like this…
Instead of this….
Boston does have an extensive subway system.
There are two major train stations in the city, including South Station
Logan Airport is just 3 miles from downtown Boston, but it is across the harbor.
The MTA also has a fleet of ferry boats, however most are very small.
2009Â History in Massachusetts
As previously noted, Massachusetts has a lot of history. Below is a actor playing the part of Paul Revere
Salem – House with 7 Gables
Salem Harbor
Lowell – Historic Cotton Mills
2001 & 2007 – Boston
Boston is a city where the latest is next door to the historic.
Historic Waterworks
North End
Fenway Park – the legend
MIT
Boston Main Library
2003 – 2011Â Cape Cod & The South Shore
The Massachusetts coast has numerous small towns with harbors.
Plymouth Rock – pure fiction, but pure American.
Lobstah
Cape Cod National Seashore
Shack where the first transatlantic cable terminated. At one time this was high tech.
Lowell, Massachusetts was an early center of the textile industry in America. It was one of the first real industrial centers, with large cotton mills being built along the waterways.
By diverting the river into numerous canals they could power the machinery for the mills. The canals remain to this day, in various states.
One of the former mills houses a museum that shows the power plant that used the water to generate the power to run the machines.
Because of the flammability of the dust, they used wooden gears that didn’t create sparks.
It is when you go into the main production floor exhibit that you get a true feel for the sheer size of the operation.
While we were there they ran 2 of the looms, which was incredibly loud. One could only imagine what these young ladies went through with 200 of them running at the same time, while working their 12-14 hour, 6 day a week job.
The National Park Service runs a replica trolley around town to shuttle visitors between the sites. A visit to Lowell is educational, and worth the visit if you are in Massachusetts.
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