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L. F. Fales Machine Company, East & Elm Streets, Walpole

L. F. Fales Machine Company, East & Elm Streets, Walpole, Norfolk County, MA. Surveyed as HAER MASS,11-WALP,2-, with 1 photograph and a 125-word written history.

From the record

“The Fales Machine Company was founded in and in this one and two-story wood frame complex was begun at the corner of East and Elm Streets.”

Written record, HAER MASS,11-WALP,2- survey. Machine-read text.

surveyed by the federal HAER program as HAER MASS,11-WALP,2- · the record runs 125 words · one of 94 surveyed structures published for this county.

Sources: the survey record at the Library of Congress

L. F. Fales Machine Company, East & Elm Streets, Walpole, Norfolk County, MA, photograph filed with the federal survey

1 photograph from the federal survey record, Library of Congress.

Significance

62 words

Source document Quoted word for word from HAER MASS,11-WALP,2-. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.

The Fales Machine Company was founded in and in this one and two-story wood frame complex was begun at the corner of East and Elm Streets. The company manufactured and repaired special machinery and multiple needle sewing machines of the type used in heavy manufacturing. This type of machine was invented by Fales*s father, Charles Fales. Transmitted by: Monica E. Hawley, Historian,

In context

Walpole, Massachusetts The place record: every map, photograph and survey of this town.
Norfolk County, Massachusetts 278 topographic sheets across the county.
Library of Congress record The original filed report, and the sheets the survey produced. Those published here appear above.

Also surveyed in Walpole

2 records

The federal surveyors worked through Walpole building by building. These are the other structures they measured and filed a report on, longest report first.

SheetStructure SurveyReport
W. K. Gilmore Grain Elevator, photograph filed with the federal surveyW. K. Gilmore Grain ElevatorHAER MASS,11-WALP,3-92 words
Twenty-mile Stone, photograph filed with the federal surveyTwenty-mile StoneHABS MASS,11-WALP,1-30 words

Provenance

  • Written history. Quoted verbatim from HAER MASS,11-WALP,2-. United States federal work, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Text capture. Machine-read from the scanned typescript filed with the survey, so spelling and spacing follow the original page.
  • How this page is made. Documentary passages are quoted from linked records; page labels and counts are clearly marked as presentation or calculations.