Community Corner
Industrial Eden: The Legacy of Haywardville - Spirit of Invention: What a Great Idea!
Industrial Eden is a yearlong celebration of Haywardville, a now vanished mill village that was located in Stoneham on the border of Melrose, Malden and Medford. Straddling Spot Pond Brook, the village was the site of early industrial development which later blossomed into larger factories. The best known was the rubber-works that was developed by Nathaniel Hayward. The mills ultimately closed, and the site was taken for use as the Middlesex Fells Reservation. All buildings were relocated and the site was restored to its picturesque appearance which it maintains today.
The Preservation Collaborative has put together a wonderful series of lectures funded in part by cultural council grants from Melrose, Medford, Malden, and Stoneham.
Melrose Public Library is fortunate to host two of the talks.
The second talk, 'Over, Under and In: Using Waterpower Along Spot Pond Brook will be at 7:00pm on
Wednesday, August 13, 2014. Water quenched human thirst, beautified land and powered mills machinery for hundreds of years. It was the lifeblood of the regional economy and it was here that the real industrial revolution began.
Join us for an exploration of the story of Spot Pond Brook as it was altered and improved to suit the industrial communities' needs of Haywardville, Melrose and Malden.
From walking tours with former residents to lectures about life, there is something for all ages in the Industrial Eden: The Legacy of Haywardville programs. Be sure to go to http://www.preservation-collaborative.com/haywardville for more information about the events schedule, about Haywardville and much more.
Please stop by the Melrose Public Library, 69 West Emerson Street, Melrose, MA to pick up a copy of the program and walking tour guide.
