Visit our Beverly, Massachusetts, USA page!
Discover the people who lived there, the places they visited and the stories they shared.

United Shoe Mach Co. Plant - Beverly

"In late September 1902 in an extra edition of the Beverly Evening Times, the news was trumpeted that the United Shoe Machinery Company had picked a 150-acre site off Elliott Street in Beverly for a massive factory. Construction began the next year. When it was completed the huge complex held more than ten acres of floor space in three buildings, along with a foundry and drop forge. This building, by Ernest Ransome, was revolutionary in its day. Made of reinforced concrete it was a pioneer in industrial building techniques. The factory was so large that messengers carried documents from place to place on roller skates!..." www.beverlyma.gov



Postcard

Pinterest

More from Beverly, Massachusetts, USA


Beverly, Massachusetts, USA

First Church in Beverly, (Organized 1667)

Beverly, Massachusetts, USA

The Oldest House in Beverly, Massachusetts, Balch and Cabot Sts.

Beverly, Massachusetts, USA

Railroad Station

Beverly, Massachusetts, USA

Cabot St.

Beverly, Massachusetts, USA

Bank Building, Cabot St.

Beverly, Massachusetts, USA

Hospital, 1907

Beverly, Massachusetts, USA

Marine Park, 1907

Beverly, Massachusetts, USA

Washington Street, 1907

Beverly, Massachusetts, USA

Dane Street Congregational Church

Beverly, Massachusetts, USA

Mingo Beach

Beverly, Massachusetts, USA

President Taft's Summer Home, Beverly, Mass., 1909

Beverly, Massachusetts, USA

Baptist Church

Beverly, Massachusetts, USA

Dane Street Beach, 1910

Beverly, Massachusetts, USA

Hospital Point Light, (Salem Bay) Mass., 1910

Beverly, Massachusetts, USA

Natural Tree Arch, Wenham Pumping Station. Beverly, Mass.

Beverly, Massachusetts, USA

Bates Park

Beverly, Massachusetts, USA

Post Office

Beverly, Massachusetts, USA

Thorndike Street, 1912

Beverly, Massachusetts, USA

Hardie School

Beverly, Massachusetts, USA

Beverly, Mass. Unitarian Church which President Taft attends

Beverly, Massachusetts, USA

H. C. Frick Residence, Prides, Beverly, Mass., 1918

Beverly, Massachusetts, USA

United Shoe Athletic Association

Beverly, Massachusetts, USA

U.S.M.A.A. Tennis Courts

Beverly, Massachusetts, USA

High School