Waltham, MA
Waltham was incorporated in 1738 and later became a city in 1884, growing from a farming settlement into a center of the American Industrial Revolution known as “Watch City” for the Waltham Watch Company. The power of the Charles River helped shape its industrial identity, leaving a legacy still visible along its riverbanks and downtown streets. Waltham is also personally meaningful to me — it is the city where I practiced chiropractic for many years, becoming part of its evolving community story.
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Nathan P. Banks Statue – Waltham
I stop at statues, sometimes to admire the sculpture itself, but always to ask what about this person’s life was so memorable that a town or community would place their image in such a prominent location. That was certainly true for the large, prominent sculpture I found on the Waltham Common. There, standing in bronze, is […]
Waltham Watch Company – Waltham
The great brick factory along the Charles River was once the heart of the Waltham Watch Company, founded in 1850 as the American Horologe Company. It became the first company in the United States to successfully manufacture watches using interchangeable parts, pioneering precision mass production and helping launch the American Industrial Revolution. At its height in […]
