Lawrence Machine Shop, Building No. 16, 70 General Street, Lawrence, Essex County, MA
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Significance: Building 16 is one of approximately 100 buildings in the 60-acre, mile-long complex of textile mills and related buildings in the North Canal Historic District. Part of Building 16 dates from 1905 when a boiler house was built on the site of an old foundry with a brick stack next to it, but it was not completed until approximately 1948. This structure is part of the more modern improvements to the Lawrence Machine Shop yard. The North Canal is part of the original town plan and is the focus of the central city's major streets. The 1905 portion of the building existed during Lawrence's famous Bread & Roses Labor Strike of 1912, which took place in this area.
Survey number: HABS MA-988-M
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