Stanley Iron Works LbNA #5713
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Sep 13, 2003 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Bridgewater |
| County: | Plymouth |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | waterwizards  |
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| Found by: | Babbling Brooke |
| Last found: | Jul 9, 2015 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFa |
| Last edited: | Sep 13, 2003 |
The Stanley Ironworks Park is located on the Town River in Bridgewater. It and the adjacent DPW yard are both parts of the former site of one of the oldest iron foundries in Massachusetts. It was established in 1691 and operated continuously until 1988 when the ironworks closed and the site was given to the Town of Bridgwater. It is likely that the foundry supplied iron parts and nails for the shipwrights who launched several small vessels from the Titicut Conservation Area on the Taunton River in the late 1700s and early 1800s. By 1860 this plant was the second largest producer of iron in the United States. It produced raw iron, munitions, and armor plating during the Civil War.
Directions:
From Bridgewater Center (junction of routes 18, 28 and 104), go north on Route 18 for 1 mile. Turn left onto High Street. Continue 0.7 mile. Turn left at the bottom of the hill (train track overpass) into the entrance to the Highway Department Headquarters. Park on the right in the gravel parking area (next to an abandoned building) across from the private club named 49ers.
Walk down the dirt road to the wide, guard-railed bridge over the Town river. The park is situated between the two branches of the river. Stand between the two information signs on the left and look NE to the 3-walled cement foundation. To the left of the foundation is a very tall tree. Look behind the tree to the stone retaining wall. Find the protruding corner of the stone wall and then look to the right for 2 granite posts. The letterbox is hidden behind the second post.
Directions:
From Bridgewater Center (junction of routes 18, 28 and 104), go north on Route 18 for 1 mile. Turn left onto High Street. Continue 0.7 mile. Turn left at the bottom of the hill (train track overpass) into the entrance to the Highway Department Headquarters. Park on the right in the gravel parking area (next to an abandoned building) across from the private club named 49ers.
Walk down the dirt road to the wide, guard-railed bridge over the Town river. The park is situated between the two branches of the river. Stand between the two information signs on the left and look NE to the 3-walled cement foundation. To the left of the foundation is a very tall tree. Look behind the tree to the stone retaining wall. Find the protruding corner of the stone wall and then look to the right for 2 granite posts. The letterbox is hidden behind the second post.