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Waltham é uma cidade localizada no condado de Middlesex no estado estadounidense de Massachusetts. No Censo de 2010 tinha uma população de 60.632 habitantes. [ 1] . A sua população estimada, em meados de 2019, é de 62.495 habitantes. [ 2] Geografia.
Waltham, Massachusetts. Coordinates: 42°22′35″N 71°14′10″W. Waltham ( / ˈwɔːlθæm / WAWL-tham) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, and was an early center for the labor movement as well as a major contributor to the American Industrial Revolution.
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The early years, 1849 to 1857
Prior to 1850, watches in America were generally supplied either from England or Switzerland. The idea for the Waltham Watch Company came from watchmaker Aaron Lufkin Dennison. Dennison was the son of a shoemaker, born in Maine in 1812. He served as an apprentice to a jeweler for three years as a youth and had come to Boston in 1833.In 1833 he became a journeyman watchmaker with the firm of Currier & Trott in Boston, leaving in 1839 to go into business for himself. Mass production of clocks h...
The Civil War period, 1857 to 1865
New owner Royal Robbins was an experienced New York watch importer who worked a partnership with his brother Henry Asher Robbins and Daniel F. Appleton in an effort to make the Waltham Watch operation a success. All three members of this troika had extensive experience in the watch sales and the jewelry trade.Administration of the company was measured and prudent and the economic crisis of 1857 was survived. With the coming of the American Civil War in 1861, the American economy began to boom...
The Period of Growth, 1866 to 1906
After the Civil War, the company became the main supplier of railroad chronometers to various railroads in North America and other countries. In 1876, the company showed off the first automatic screw making machinery and was awarded the first gold medal in a watch precision contest at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. In 1885 the company name changed to the American Waltham Watch Company (AWWCo).
Before the Waltham Watch Company went out of business in 1957, it founded a subsidiary in Switzerland in 1954, Waltham International SA. Waltham International SA retains the right to the Waltham trade name outside of North America, and continues to produce mechanical wrist watches and mechanical pocket watches under the "Waltham" brand. During thei...
Every watch movement that the company produced through the early 1950s was engraved with an individual serial number. That number can be used to estimate the date of production. Volunteers have created a database of Waltham serial numbers, models and grades,and descriptions of observed watches. The archive of the Waltham Watch Company is housed by ...
Carosso, Vincent P., The Waltham Watch Company: A Case History, Bulletin of the Business Historical Society, Vol. 23, No. 4 (Dec. 1949), pp. 165–187, published by The President and Fellows of Harva...Engle, Tom; Richard E. Gilbert; and Cooksey Shugart, Complete Guide to Watches, Twenty Seventh Edition, January 2007, ISBN 1-57432-553-1Gitelman, H.M., "The Labor Force at Waltham Watch During the Civil War Era," Journal of Economic History,vol. 25, no. 2 (June 1965), pp. 214–243.Gitelman, Howard M., Working Men of Waltham: Mobility in American Urban Industrial Development, 1850–1890.Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1974.Jonathan A. Boschen, "Waltham's Watches,"(documentary video) Jonathan A. Boschen Motion Pictures, via YouTube, 2011.Waltham, Massachusetts - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Contents. hide. Beginning. References. Other websites. Waltham, Massachusetts. Coordinates: 42°22′35″N 71°14′10″W. Waltham is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 65,218 at the 2020 census. [2] References. ↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files".
24 de mai. de 2024 · Waltham, city, Middlesex county, eastern Massachusetts, U.S., on the Charles River, just west of Boston. Settled in the 1630s, it was part of Watertown until separately incorporated in 1738. Abundant waterpower attracted early gristmills and paper mills. In 1813 the first textile mill for.
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September 28, 1989. The Central Square Historic District is a historic district encompassing the central town common of the city of Waltham, Massachusetts, and several commercial buildings facing the common or in its immediate vicinity. The common is bounded by Carter, Moody, Main, and Elm Streets; the district includes fourteen ...
Learn about the history, services, and events of Waltham, a city in Middlesex County near Boston. Find out how to stay informed, recycle, park, and access the Charles River bike path.
