Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
1916

Lowell, a oity of Massachusetts and one of the capitals of Middlesex co., is situated on the Merrimac River, at the mouth of the Concord, 25 miles NW. of Boston, on the New York, New Haven and Hartford and the Boston and Maine Rs. Lat.42° 39' N. : Lon. 71° 19' W. The site is uneven and picturesque, and from the heights of Belvidere, on the right bank of the river, the whole panorama of the city, the long, curving line of the Merrimac, the distant peaks of Wachusett and the New Hampshire mountains, come grandly into view." The city, in the centre of which is Monument Square with the city-hall and Memorial Hall, is chiefly on the S. side of the Merrimac. Among its educational institutions are a public library of over 60,000 volumes, a state normal school, the Lowell Textile School, and Roger Hall School. Its charitable institutions comprise various hospitals, the Theodore Edson Orphanage, etc. The prosperity of Lowell is mainly derived from manufactures of cotton and woollen goods and the immense hydraulic power afforded by the Merrimac, which here falls 33 feet. It is the largest producer of cotton goods in the United States. The annual product of the textile-mills, which employ about 30,000 hands, is valued at upward of $40,000,000, and comprises cotton sheetings, shirtings, prints, drillings, flannels, carpets, cassimeres, serges, beavers, shawls, hosiery, etc. Lowell has also extensive manufactures of machinery, boilers, paper, chemicals, cartridges, edge-tools, elastic goods, files, screws, bolts, patent medicines, carriages, furniture, sash and blinds, turbine- wheels, pumps, hydraulic presses, bobbins, and machinists' tools. ' The city has one of the largest bleacheries in the country, employing several hundred operatives. Lowell was incorporated as a town in 1826 and as a city in 1836. Pop. in 1840, 20,796 ; in 1860, 36,827 ; in 1875, 49,888 ; in 1880, 59,475 ; in 1890, 77,696 ; in 1900, 94,969.

Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher

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