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Hopedale, Worcester, MA
Hopedale was first settled in 1660. Benjamin Albee built a mill on what is now the south end of Hopedale in 1664. A 64-square-mile (170 km2) area of the Blackstone Valley was incorporated as the town of Mendon. In 1780, Milford separated from Mendon. On August 26, 1841, Adin Ballou, along with the Practical Christians, gave Hopedale its name, within the town of Milford. Ballou and the Practical Christians established the Hopedale Community based on Christian and socialist ideologies in 1842. The town was officially incorporated in 1886 when it separated from Milford. kids.kiddle.co
Hopedale includes Spindleville.
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- 1660 - Hopedale is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1886 - Hopedale is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - Hopedale Massachusetts, 1890
Hopedale is a small farming and manufacturing town in the southeastern part of Worcester County, 34 miles from Boston on the Milford Branch of the New...Read MORE... - 1895 - Hopedale
Hopedale, a post-village of Worcester co., Mass., about 18 miles S.E. of Worcester, and 34 miles S.W. of Boston. It has a church, a machine-shop, and ...Read MORE... 
Hopedale, Mass. The Draper Co. Plant. General View from Bridge.
"The Draper Corporation was once the largest maker of power looms for the textile industry in the United States. It operated in Hopedale, Massachusetts for more than 130 years.
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Postcard- 1905 - Hopedale - Women were granted permission to swim at the town beach.
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Hopedale Street, Hopedale, Mass.
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NORTHROP LOOMS
TWISTERS
SPOOLERS
WARPERS
BALLING MACHINES
Reels
Banding Machines
Mirror Spinning Rings
Dutcher Temples
Rabbeth Centrifugal Clutch Spindles
Rhoades-Chandler Separators
Moscrop Single Thread Yarn Testers
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advertisement- 1916
Hopedale, a post-village of Worcester co., Mass., about 18 miles SE. of Worcester. It has manufactures of looms and spindles. Pop. of Hopedale townshi...Read MORE...
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"The Draper Corporation was once the largest maker of power looms for the textile industry in the United States. It operated in Hopedale, Massachusetts for more than 130 years.
In the early 19th century, Ira Draper was a prosperous farmer from Weston, Massachusetts, with an ability for tinkering and improving machinery, such as a threshing machine that was a great improvement on any previous one made at the time...
In 1816, shortly after the first successful power loom in the United States was developed up by Paul Moody at Waltham, Massachusetts, Ira was granted a patent on an improved flyshuttle hand loom and the first self-acting temple. The improvement allowed a weaver to run two power looms instead of one. Its labor-saving feature appealed to Ira, and he decided to push its sale to weavers in the area. In 1829 he took out a patent for an improvement on his original invention. In 1830 he sold his patents and the business to his eldest son, James of Wayland, Massachusetts.
Ebenezer, a younger brother, bought the business in 1837, and later moved it from Wayland to Uxbridge, Massachusetts, the center of the growing textile mill area of the Blackstone Valley. In 1841, Ebenezer moved the company to nearby Hopedale, Massachusetts..." wikipedia)
Hopedale, Mass. The Draper Co. Plant. General View from Bridge.
"The Draper Corporation was once the largest maker of power looms for the textile industry in the United States. It operated in Hopedale, Massachusetts for more than 130 years.
In ... Read MORE...
Hopedale, Massachusetts, USA
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Hopedale Street, Hopedale, Mass.
Hopedale, Massachusetts, USA
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 Author: W.A. Greenough & Co Volume: 1912 Publisher: Boston : W.A. Greenough & Co.)
NORTHROP LOOMS
TWISTERS
SPOOLERS
WARPERS
BALLING MACHINES
Reels
Banding Machines
Mirror Spinning Rings
Dutcher Temples
Rabbeth Centrifugal Clutch Spindles
Rhoades-Chandler Separators
Moscrop Single Thread Yarn Testers
DRAPER... Read MORE...
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1660 - Hopedale is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1886 - Hopedale is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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Hopedale Massachusetts, 1890
Hopedale is a small farming and manufacturing town in the southeastern part of Worcester County, 34 miles from Boston on the Milford Branch of the... Read MORE...
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1895 - Hopedale
Hopedale, a post-village of Worcester co., Mass., about 18 miles S.E. of Worcester, and 34 miles S.W. of Boston. It has a church, a machine-shop, and ... Read MORE...
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1905 - Hopedale - Women were granted permission to swim at the town beach.
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Hopedale, a post-village of Worcester co., Mass., about 18 miles SE. of Worcester. It has manufactures of looms and spindles. Pop. of Hopedale... Read MORE...
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