ghost town
Ghost Town(s) or Ghosttown may refer to:
* Ghost town, a town that has been abandoned
Film and television
* ''Ghost Town'' (1936 film), an American Western film by Harry L. Fraser
* ''Ghost Town'' (1956 film), an American Western film by All ...
in
Bristol County, Massachusetts
Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city ...
, United States. The settlement was located approximately south of Norton.
The general area where Norton Furnace was located, between
Norton, Massachusetts
Norton is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States, and contains the villages of Norton Center and Chartley. The population was 19,202 at the 2020 census. Home of Wheaton College, Norton hosts the Dell Technologies Championship ...
and Oakland, Massachusetts, is today known as Meadowbrook (at Meadow Brook Pond
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History
A furnace for manufacturing iron was established here in 1825 by Annes A. Lincoln, Jr. By 1837, it employed 25 people.
The early settlement was known as "Norton Furnace", "Copperworks Village", and "Norton Mills".
By 1850, the settlement had 25 houses and a store.
Two companies located there—Norton Copper Works, and the Norton Furnace Company—remained active until the 1890s, after which the Norton Copper Works moved to
Worcester
Worcester may refer to:
Places United Kingdom
* Worcester, England, a city and the county town of Worcestershire in England
** Worcester (UK Parliament constituency), an area represented by a Member of Parliament
* Worcester Park, London, Engla ...
and the Norton Furnace Company moved to near
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
.
A branch of the
Old Colony Railroad
The Old Colony Railroad (OC) was a major railroad system, mainly covering southeastern Massachusetts and parts of Rhode Island, which operated from 1845 to 1893. Old Colony trains ran from Boston to points such as Plymouth, Fall Ri ...
ran through the settlement, and by 1871 a station was located there.
A post office was located there as early as 1899. The Meadowbrook post office was located there from 1902 to 1912.
See also
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List of Old Colony Railroad stations
The following is a list of historic Old Colony Railroad (OCRR) stations, at the time of the 1893 lease by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad and shortly after.1891 Massachusetts State Atlas, Geo H Walker & Co City/town include current ...