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  • Mill Talk: Mother Brook—The evolution of industry along the country’s oldest power canal

    Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation 154 Moody Street, Waltham, United States

    Excavated between 1639 and 1641, the Mother Brook canal in Dedham is arguably the oldest power canal in North America. The waterway connects the Charles and the Neponset Rivers by way of an inland spring-fed brook. Join us at the Charles River Museum for a discussion of the industrial uses of the canal and East […]

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  • Mill Talk: The stories of women war workers at Raytheon, 1941-1945

    Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation 154 Moody Street, Waltham, United States

    From suffragette to war worker – and military ranks open to women, presented by Chet Michalak, Raytheon historian and archivist. The suffragette movement ends the 100-year struggle for women’s rights in 1920 and is followed by a home front effort that dramatically increases the ranks of female war workers. The call goes out for women […]

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  • Mill Talk: Inside a Waltham pocket watch — How it works and why.

    Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation 154 Moody Street, Waltham, United States

    Step inside the intricate world of fine watchmaking with Waltham’s own Chris Carey, watchmaker and owner of Watertown Watch and Clock. In this live demonstration, Chris will carefully disassemble a Waltham Model 1908 pocket watch, revealing the artistry, engineering, and precision that made Waltham a world leader in timekeeping. As he takes the watch apart […]

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  • Mill Talk: Disrupting Time

    Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation 154 Moody Street, Waltham, United States

    How industrial espionage shaped the future of the American and Swiss watch industries. In the fall of 1876, two Swiss spies came to America and conducted some of the most covert and consequential industrial espionage in history, changing the course of the global watch industry forever. "Disrupting Time" is a true historical narrative of business […]

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  • Mill Talk: How to Fuel an Industrial Revolution—Coal and the Energy Economy of Boston, 1820-1970

    Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation 154 Moody Street, Waltham, United States

    Coal was the main fuel for industry, utilities and domestic life in metropolitan Boston between roughly 1820 and 1970, including the core years of the Industrial Revolutions. During this period, coal accounted for the majority of Boston’s energy supply and provided energy to Boston’s homes, factories, foundries, power plants, shipyards and other operations. Coal also […]

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  • Mill Talk: Chelsea Clock Company—146 Years of Boston Clockmaking

    Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation 154 Moody Street, Waltham, United States

    The clockmaking tradition carried out by Chelsea Clock Company traces it’s roots back to the founding of the Harvard Clock Company in 1880 by Joseph Eastman. This talk will trace […]

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