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Waltham MA Community Profile & History
Waltham, Massachusetts is situated within the Greater Boston area and boasts the second largest office market in the state. The Charles River cuts a path through the southern section of the city; the river has been used throughout history for transport, water, and industry. In recent decades, the Charles River has given way to Route 128 as the main source of commerce.
Originally settled as a part of Watertown in 1636, the city was incorporated separately in 1738. In the early 1800s, Francis Cabot Lowell established the Boston Manufacturing Company, the first integrated textile mill in the United States. One of the first industrialized cities in northern America, Waltham is popularly known as "The Watch City" because of its long association with the watch-making industry. More than 40 million watches, clocks and other timepieces were produced by the Waltham Watch Company between its establishment in 1854 and its closing in 1957. In recent decades, the city has emerged as a major regional center for high-tech industry and commerce; among the most notable companies with offices in the city are Microsoft, Oracle, Hitachi and four Fortune 500 companies: Raytheon, Global Partners, PerkinElmer and ThermoFisher Scientific. In response to rapid commercial growth, several high-end restaurants and hotels have sprung up to serve travelers and the city's thriving business community.
Waltham has a diverse housing stock, with dense multi-family housing in the southern section of the city and larger lot single-family housing in the northern section. Waltham also boasts an assortment of large parks and open-space recreational facilities such as Prospect Hill Park and the Robert Treat Paine Estate. Other popular historic and recreational sites include Gore Place, a country mansion and U.S. National Historic Landmark dating from 1806; the Lyman Estate, also a U.S. National Historic Landmark, dating from 1793; the Charles River Museum of Industry; and the Embassy Cinema, which hosts a wide assortment of independent, foreign-language and Hollywood films. With an aggressive revitalization program, the city is witnessing the rebirth of its historic downtown as it furnishes better public access to the Charles River, its greatest natural resource.
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