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The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman) 2 0 Browse Search
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The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), Financial and manufacturing. (search)
East Cambridge, where are manufactured all kinds of cotton and linen nettings used in the different fisheries of the American continent. This company commenced business in a very small way in the year 1842, and was located in the same building where their office now is, 34 Commercial Street, Boston. At the time this business was established the fish-netting of this country was all made by hand, and was made almost entirely of hemp twines imported from England. In the year 1844 James S. Shepard, of Canton, became connected with the company, and commenced the manufacture of the first cotton twine used for netting in this country, which eventually completely displaced the hemp twines in the American fisheries. From this small beginning this company has steadily increased in size and capacity to its present standing, which finds it the largest producer of fish-nettings, twines, and lines in the world. In the course of events, as their business increased and machinery was in