Woburn Massachusetts (MA) Real Estate Tour

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Woburn, Massachusetts is a suburban industrial city located along the upper Mystic Valley. Incorporated in 1642, Woburn became an early manufacturing center, tanning leather and making shoes. Production was large enough that during King Philip's War town taxes were partially paid in shoes. The smallpox epidemic of 1675 cut deeply into Woburn's population. The Middlesex Canal from Boston opened in 1803 and the Boston and Lowell Railroad in 1835.

Woburn continued to make boots and shoes, but by 1865 there had been a shift away from manufacturing shoes and toward the production of leather. Immigrants from Ireland, Nova Scotia and Canada moved to Woburn to take the jobs in the tanneries. By 1915 there was some diversification in the city's economy and residents were making ice cream, machine tools, mops and paper boxes among other things. Suburban growth began in the mid-1800s and has continued as Woburn looks to prosper in the 21st century. 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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