Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS xi
3. APPENDICES xvii
4. ILLUSTRATIONS xxi
5. TABLES xxvii
6. CHARTS xxx
7. EDITORS’ INTRODUCTION xxxi
8. AUTHOR’S PREFACE xxxv
9. PART ONE THE FORMATIVE YEARS, 1813-1853
10. CHAPTER I ORIGINS OF THE THREE PARENT COMPANIES 1813-1825 3
11. CHAPTER II OPERATING AS A COTTON-MILL DEPARTMENT WALTHAM, 1814-1825 23
12. CHAPTER III THE SHOP THAT BUILT A CITY Proprietors of the Locks and Canals on Merrimack River — Lowell, Massachusetts, 1823-1845 63
13. CHAPTER IV BIRTH OF TWO INDUSTRIES AT SACO AND BIDDEFORD, 1825-1850 104
14. CHAPTER V OTIS PETTEE AND THE END OF THE FORMATIVE PERIOD 150
15. PART TWO THE ADVENTUROUS MIDDLE YEARS
16. CHAPTER VI SPECIALIZATION IN AN EXPANDING MARKET 183
17. CHAPTER VII THE GREAT YEARS OF THE “BIG SHOP” 231
18. CHAPTER VIII THE YEARS OF DECLINE 267
19. CHAPTER IX STATE STREET TAKES A HAND 302
20. CHAPTER Χ RENAISSANCE OF THE NEWTON SHOP 1853-1897 335
21. CHAPTER XI RESURGENCE AND DECLINE OF THE BIDDEFORD SHOP, 1850-1897 363
22. CHAPTER XII COMBINED OPERATIONS: THE SACO AND PETTEE MACHINE SHOPS, 1897-1912 404
23. PART III THE SACO-LOWELL SHOPS 1912-1949
24. CHAPTER XIII THE HERRICK ERA 1912-1926 457
25. CHAPTER XIV THE HARD CLIMB BACK 1926-1941 521
26. CHAPTER XV WAR, POSTWAR, AND RETROSPECT 573
27. APPENDICES 629
28. NOTES AND REFERENCES 735
29. INDEX 809