Excerpt from The Industrial Advantages of Lowell, Mass, and Environs: South Lowell, North Chelmsford, South and East Chelmsford, Chelmsford Center, Dracut, Billerica, North Billerica, Ayer's City, Collinsville and Willow Dale
At the outset of this volume it is better in lieu of all professions to state that it in no way professes to be a history of Lowell, but on the contrary is devoted to an account of the present condition and development of the chief industrial and commercial enterprises located here, and to the advantages and attractions the city and vicinity have to offer those looking for a favorable location for the establishment of new enterprises. Arguing that no single fact can be more convincing as to the superior advantages of Lowell as a site of industrial operation, than the success and prosperity of this enterprise already in operation here.
Much space has been given over to descriptive sketches of the leading manufacturing and commercial houses of this community, and as many of these have grown from small beginnings to be the largest of the kind in the world, for new beginners may confidently expect the like results under able progressive management. No city in America affords a more prolific theme for favorable comment than Lowell. It is one of the most flourishing cities on the American continent, and equally thriving. It has enjoyed a world wide prominence for over a century, and yet its growth has been solid and substantial, rather than too rapid, and it ranks today with an urban population of about 92,000, and a suburban corporation of over 55,000 whose interests are practically coincident with Lowell. It is the third city both in population and amount of business transacted, and in value of products turned out from its manufactures. The beautiful, progressive and flourishing city of Lowell will soon celebrate the One Hundredth anniversary of its foundation.
The history of Lowell is said to have begun in the year of 1822. It is favorably located on the notable Merrimack and Concord Rivers. The Merrimack dividing Lowell almost in the center giving the main street, which is Merrimack, the term of East Merrimack Street. The city is compactly built upon a somewhat elevated plain, beginning from the Merrimack River extending back to a range of hills terminating abruptly about two miles and a half east.
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