Somerville Massachusetts (MA) Real Estate Tour

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Somerville, Massachusetts is an urban industrial city in the Mystic Valley. It is located along the divide between the lower Charles and Mystic River watersheds. Establishment of the area as a town in 1842 stimulated growth and in eight years, the community's population more than tripled. In each of the next decades until 1870 the population doubled.

Many of the new settlers worked in the various brickyards of Somerville, producing as many as 1.3 million bricks a year by hand or 5.5 million with a new patent press. In 1851, the American Tube Works was opened and began manufacturing the first seamless brass tubes in the U.S. using an English patent. This marked the entrance of heavy industry into Somerville, and was soon followed by rolling and slitting mills, iron works and manufacturers of steam engines and boilers.

Diversification into glass production, food processing and meat packing soon followed. Establishment of street car lines opened Somerville's greatest suburban growth and population again exploded, growing six fold between 1870 and 1915. Development explosions in other parts of the country increased the demand for bricks and at the highest point of production, 24 million bricks were being made a year in the 12 brickyards in the city. The city's population reached its peak during the Second World War.

Today, Somerville is highly accessible to public transportation. The MBTA subway and bus lines are easily available throughout the city and offer access to Boston and other communities.

The international flavor of Somerville guarantees that you will feel at home. Diversity is a major component of Somerville's attractiveness to residents and business owners. Somerville's wide array of restaurants offer cuisine from all over the world. Both Union Square and Davis Square are popular dining and entertainment destinations for Greater Boston. And, of course, you are just minutes from the array of cultural opportunities in Boston and Cambridge. For other town tours visit http://www.virtualhomes.com . For towns in MA visit http://www.ma-virtualhomes.com . For MA relocation information go to http://www.relocationma.com . For a MA MLS map search visit http://www.virtualhomesmls.com .

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