The Saco-Lowell Shops : Textile Machinery Building in New England, 1813–1949

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- APPENDICES -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- TABLES -- CHARTS -- EDITORS' INTRODUCTION -- AUTHOR'S PREFACE -- PART ONE THE FORMATIVE YEARS, 1813-1853 -- CHAPTER I ORIGINS OF THE THREE PARENT COMPANIES 1813-1825 -- CHAPTER II OPERATING AS A COTTON-MILL DEPARTMENT WALTHAM, 1814-1825 -- CHAPTER III THE SHOP THAT BUILT A CITY Proprietors of the Locks and Canals on Merrimack River - Lowell, Massachusetts, 1823-1845 -- CHAPTER IV BIRTH OF TWO INDUSTRIES AT SACO AND BIDDEFORD, 1825-1850 -- CHAPTER V OTIS PETTEE AND THE END OF THE FORMATIVE PERIOD -- PART TWO THE ADVENTUROUS MIDDLE YEARS -- CHAPTER VI SPECIALIZATION IN AN EXPANDING MARKET -- CHAPTER VII THE GREAT YEARS OF THE "BIG SHOP" -- CHAPTER VIII THE YEARS OF DECLINE -- CHAPTER IX STATE STREET TAKES A HAND -- CHAPTER Χ RENAISSANCE OF THE NEWTON SHOP 1853-1897 -- CHAPTER XI RESURGENCE AND DECLINE OF THE BIDDEFORD SHOP, 1850-1897 -- CHAPTER XII COMBINED OPERATIONS: THE SACO AND PETTEE MACHINE SHOPS, 1897-1912 -- PART III THE SACO-LOWELL SHOPS 1912-1949 -- CHAPTER XIII THE HERRICK ERA 1912-1926 -- CHAPTER XIV THE HARD CLIMB BACK 1926-1941 -- CHAPTER XV WAR, POSTWAR, AND RETROSPECT -- APPENDICES -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- INDEX