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Nashoba Brook Pencil Factory Site
42.5056° N, -71.4128° E
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The Nashoba Brook Pencil Factory Site contains the ruins of a 19th-century dam-powered pencil factory. This factory was one of several in Acton and Concord, Massachusetts at the time that brought important developments to pencil manufacturing. All that remain today of the factory are the ruins of its dam and a few mechanical components. The site is in the Nashoba Brook Conservation Area in Acton, Massachusetts, along Nashoba Brook and the old Davis Road Dam. Visitors can access the site by following a marked path from the Davis Road parking area for the Nashoba Brook Conservation Area
Historical Timeline
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Ebenezer Wood lifespan
1792–1880
Factory operation period
19th century
William Munroe begins U.S. pencil manufacture
1812
Graphite discovery in New Hampshire
1821
Dunbar invites Thoreau into manufacture
1823
Ebenezer Wood exclusive supply to Thoreau
1830s
Robbins Mill Pond Dam renovation
1990
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