History of East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA

East Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Plymouth county. This town lies on a branch of Taunton river, and was, until 1823, a part of the ancient Bridgewater. It is 24 miles S. by E from Boston, and 17 S.W. from Plymouth. Population, 1830, 1,653—1837, 1,927. East Bridgewater has a good water power, and manufactured in the year ending April 1, 1837, $414,044 value of goods. The articles consisted of cotton goods, boots, shoes, leather, bar iron, nails, tacks, lead pipe, chaises, window blinds, sashes and shoe boxes.

This town was a part of the ancient Bridgewater,

It manufactures many boots and shoes, and on a branch of Taunton River are several factories of cotton, nails, &c.

The cannon cast here during the war of the Revolution were of great service to the continental army.

Distance from Plymouth, 17 miles ; from Boston, 24.

East Bridgewater, a post-township of Plymouth co., Mass., on the Bridgewater branch of the Old Colony railroad, 25 miles S. by E. from Boston. Pop. 2545.

EAST BRIDGEWATER, a township in Plymouth co., in the state of Massachusetts, U.S., 25 m. SSE of Boston. Pop. 1,950.

East Bridgewater is a flourishing farming and manufacturing town in the northwesterly part of Plymouth County, 25 miles south by southeast of Boston by the Old Colony Railroad, which passes directly through it. It is bounded on the north by Whitman, east by Hanson and Halifax, south by Bridgewater, and west by West Bridgewater and Brockton. The assessed area is 9,930 acres, of which 2,328 is woodland.

The geological structure is carboniferous. There are valuable beds of clay suitable for brickmaking, which is carried on extensively. Near the centre is a deposit about thirty feet deep and of excellent quality. The material is dug and ground by steam-power, and dried in extensive sheds, so constructed as to be opened or closed at once for the admission of the sun or the exclusion of rain.

Satucket River, formed by Black Brook and Poor-meadow Brook, drains the southerly part of the town; while Beaver Brook and Snell-meadow Brook unite in the westerly part of the town and form...