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Waltham

Massachusetts, United States
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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 processing raw cotton into finished cloth under one roof was established there. Industrialization followed, and the American Waltham Watch Company (founded 1854) became the nation’s first mass-producer of watches. Until the...

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