Abington - South Shore Recycling Cooperative
Acton - Town Transfer Station
Acushnet - Recycling in Acushnet
Adams - Department of Public Works
Agawam - Solid Waste Information
Alford - Town Transfer Station
Amesbury - Department of Public Works
Amherst - Recycling & Solid Waste
Andover - Town Recycling Program
Aquinnah (Gay Head) - Martha's Vineyard Refuse Disposal District
Arlington - Trash & Recycling
Ashburnham - Department of Public Works
Ashby - Recycling Center & Transfer Station
Ashfield - Earth 911
Ashland - Trash & Recycling
Athol - North Central Regional Solid Waste Cooperative
Attleboro - City Recycling Program
Auburn - DPW Solid Waste Division
Avon - Board of Health
Ayer - Town Transfer Station
Barnstable - DPW Solid Waste Division
Barre - Landfill & Recycling Center
Becket - Earth 911
Bedford - Recycling Information
Belchertown - Department of Public Works
Bellingham - Department of Public Works
Belmont - Trash, Recycling & Yard Waste Information
Berkley - Earth 911
Berlin - Town Transfer Station
Bernardston - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
Beverly - Recycling Information
Billerica - Public Works Services
Blackstone - Blackstone Valley Regional Recycling Center
Blandford - Earth 911
Bolton - Transfer Station & Recycling Center
Boston - City Recycling Program
Bourne - Town Recycling Center
Boxborough - Town Transfer Station
Boxford - Trash Collection & Recycling Information
Boylston - Earth 911
Braintree - Trash & Recycling
Brewster - Town Transfer Station
Bridgewater - Town Transfer Station
Brimfield - Earth 911
Brockton - Department of Public Works
Brookfield - Board of Health
Brookline - Recycling Information
Buckland - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
Burlington - Trash & Recycling Schedule & Information
Cambridge - Recycling Information
Canton - Recycling Department
Carlisle - Town Transfer Station
Carver - Rochester Convenience Facility
Charlemont - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
Charlton - Town Recycling Committee
Chatham - ChathamRecycles.org
Chelmsford - Recycling Department
Chelsea - Rubbish, Recycling & Yard Waste
Cheshire - Earth 911
Chester - Board of Health
Chesterfield - Earth 911
Chicopee - Department of Public Works
Chilmark - Martha's Vineyard Refuse Disposal District
Clarksburg - Earth 911
Clinton - Trash Pickup & Recycling
Cohasset - South Shore Recycling Cooperative
Colrain - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
Concord - Recycling Information
Conway - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
Cummington - Board of Health
Dalton - Town Transfer Station
Danvers - Recycling & Refuse Collection
Dartmouth - Department of Public Works
Dedham - Recycling & Solid Waste Services
Deerfield - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
Dennis - Transfer Station & Recycling Center
Devens - Community Services: Recycling Drop-Off
Dighton - Health Department
Douglas - Earth 911
Dover - Recycling Home Page
Dracut - Trash & Large Item Disposal
Dudley - Earth 911
Dunstable - Town Transfer Station
Duxbury - Town Transfer Station
East Bridgewater - Solid Waste & Recycling Information
East Brookfield - Solid Waste Department
Eastham - Department of Public Works
Easthampton - Trash Removal
East Longmeadow - Trash & Recycling Contacts
Easton - Board of Health
Edgartown - Martha's Vineyard Refuse Disposal District
Egremont - Town Contact List
Erving - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
Essex - Town Transfer Station
Everett - Recycling Information
Fairhaven - Board of Health
Fall River - Department of Public Works
Falmouth - DPW Waste Management Facility
Fitchburg - Trash, Recycling & Yard Waste
Florida - Earth 911
Foxborough - Trash & Recycling
Framingham - Department of Public Works
Franklin - Town Recycling Committee
Freetown - Waste Management & Transfer Station
Gardner - Health Department
Gay Head (Aquinnah) - Martha's Vineyard Refuse Disposal District
Georgetown - Trash & recycling Contacts
Gill - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
Gloucester - Recycling & Trash Information
Goshen - Refuse Disposal & Recycling Center
Gosnold - Earth 911
Grafton - Department of Public Works
Granby - Earth 911
Granville - Earth 911
Great Barrington - Town Recycling Center
Greenfield - DPW Solid Waste Division
Groton - Town Transfer Station
Groveland - Board of Health
Hadley - Transfer Station
Halifax - Recycling & Solid Waste Department
Hamilton - Recycling & Refuse Information
Hampden - Board of Health
Hancock - Earth 911
Hanover - South Shore Recycling Cooperative
Hanson - Town Recycling Program
Hardwick - Town Recycling Center
Harvard - Transfer Station & Recycling Guidelines
Harwich - Town Tansfer Station
Hatfield - Earth 911
Haverhill - Rubbish & Curbside Collection
Hawley - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
Heath - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
Hingham - Department of Public Works
Hinsdale - Earth 911
Holbrook - South Shore Recycling Cooperative
Holden - Recycling & Trash
Holland - Waste Removal
Holliston - Recycling & Solid Waste
Holyoke - Department of Public Works
Hopedale - Recycling Information
Hopkinton - Town Recycling Committee
Hubbardson - Town Recycling Center
Hudson - BP Trucking Transfer Station
Hull - Recycling Information
Huntington - Transfer Station
Hyannis (Barnstable) - DPW Solid Waste Division
Ipswich - Town Recycling Committee
Kingston - South Shore Recycling Cooperative
Lakeville - Town Transfer Station
Lancaster - Town Recycling Center
Lanesborough - Frequently Asked Questions
Lawrence - Recycling & Trash Information
Lee - Earth 911
Leicester - Board of Health
Lenox - Earth 911
Leominster - Rubbish & Recycling
Leverett - Town Transfer Station
Lexington - Trash & Hazardous Waste
Leyden - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
Lincoln - Town Transfer Station
Littleton - Highway Department
Longmeadow - Town Recycling Center
Lowell - DPW Recycling Program
Ludlow - Department of Public Works
Lunenburg - North Central Regional Solid Waste Cooperative
Lynn - Department of Public Works
Lynnfield - Recycling Committee
Malden - Department of Public Works
Manchester-by-the-Sea - Trash Disposal, Recycling & Composting
Mansfield - Recycling Information
Marblehead - Board of Health
Marion - Recycling & Rubbish
Marlborough - Rubbish & Recycling
Marshfield - Trash & Recycling
Mashpee - Town Transfer Station
Mattapoisett - Board of Health
Maynard - Recycling & Solid Waste
Medfield - Town Transfer Station
Medford - Recycling Information
Medway - Board of Health
Melrose - Recycling Information
Mendon - Board of Health Trash Program
Merrimac - Curbside Recycling Program
Methuen - Department of Public Works
Middleborough - Trash & Recyclables
Middlefield - Earth 911
Middleton - Department of Public Works
Milford - Board of Health
Millbury - Town transfer Station
Millis - Department of Public Works
Milton - Trash, Recycling & Yard Waste Information
Millville - Town Home Page
Monroe - Earth 911
Monson - Board of Health
Montague - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
Monterey - Town Transfer Station
Montgomery - Earth 911
Mount Washington - Earth 911
Nahant - Trash & Recycling
Nantucket - Department of Public Works
Natick - Recycling Center
Needham - Recycling & Transfer Station
New Ashford - Earth 911
New Bedford - DPW Solid Waste Division
New Braintree - Trash & Recycling
Newbury - Town Transfer Station
Newburyport - Recycling & Trash
New Marlborough - Town Transfer Station
New Salem - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
Newton - Solid Waste & Recycling
Norfolk - DPW Solid Waste Division & Transfer Station
North Adams - City Transfer Station
North Andover - Solid Waste & Recycling
North Attleborough - Solid Waste Collection & Recycling Information
Northborough - Town Engineering Department
Northbridge - Solid Waste & Recycling
North Brookfield - Town Recycling Center
Northfield - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
Northhampton - Recycling Information
North Reading - Recycling Information
Norton - Trash & Recycling Information
Norwell - South Shore Recycling Cooperative
Norwood - Recycling Information
Oak Bluffs - Martha's Vineyard Refuse Disposal District
Oakham - Earth 911
Orange - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
Orleans - Town Transfer Station
Otis - Center for Ecological Technology
Oxford - Earth 911
Palmer - Earth 911
Paxton - Earth 911
Peabody - City Home Page
Pelham - Earth 911
Pembroke - Trash & Recycling Information
Pepperell - Town Transfer Station
Peru - Earth 911
Petersham - North Central Regional Solid Waste Cooperative
Phillipston - Town Transfer Station
Pittsfield - Department of Public Works & Utilities
Plainfield - Earth 911
Plainville - Trash & Recycling
Plymouth - Solid Waste Division Recycling Program
Plympton - Town Transfer Station
Princeton - Earth 911
Provincetown - Department of Public Works
Quincy - Public Works Department
Randolph - Recycling Information
Raynham - Transfer & Recycling Facility
Reading - Recycling Information
Rehoboth - Town Handbook
Revere - Trash & Recycling Information
Richmond - Town Home Page
Rochester - Transfer Station (Mattapoisett) & Trash Pick-Up
Rockland - South Shore Recycling Cooperative
Rockport - DPW Transfer Station
Rowe - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
Rowley - Recycling Information
Royalston - North Central Regional Solid Waste Cooperative
Russell - Earth 911
Rutland - Earth 911
Salem - Recycling Department
Salisbury - Department of Public Works
Sandisfield - Center for Ecological Technology
Sandwich - DPW Transfer Station
Saugus - Department of Public Works
Savoy - Earth 911
Scituate - DPW Transfer Station Division
Seekonk - Department of Public Works
Sharon - DPW Operations Division
Sheffield - Town Transfer Station
Shelburne - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
Sherborn - Recycling Information
Shirley - Board of Health
Shrewsbury - Rubbish Disposal & Recycling
Shutesbury - Recycling & Solid Waste
Somerset - Earth 911
Somerville - Trash & Recycling Information
Southborough - Town Recycling Committee
Southbridge - Curbside Rubbish Removal
South Hadley - Department of Public Works
Southampton - Town Transfer Station
Southwick - DPW Solid Waste Division
Spencer - Town Transfer Station
Springfield - Department of Public Works
Sterling - Department of Public Works
Stockbridge - Town Web Site
Stoneham - Recycling & Solid Waste Program
Stoughton - Department of Public Works
Stow - Earth 911
Sturbridge - Board of Health
Sudbury - Transfer Station & Recycling Center
Sunderland - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
Sutton - Town Transfer Station
Swampscott - Board of Health
Swansea - Town Recycling Program
Taunton - Solid Waste & Recycling Information
Templeton - Board of Health
Tewksbury - Recycling Committee
Tisbury - Trash & Recycling Services
Tolland - Transfer Station & Recycling
Topsfield - Trash Collection & Recycling Information
Townsend - Recycling Information
Truro - Town Transfer Station
Turners Falls (Montague) - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
Tyngsboro - Recycling Committee
Tyringham - Earth 911
Upton - Board of Health
Uxbridge - Earth 911
Wakefield - Department of Public Works
Wales - Earth 911
Walpole - Recycling Information
Waltham - Recycling Department
Ware - Earth 911
Wareham - Recycling Information
Warren - Earth 911
Warwick - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
Washington - Earth 911
Watertown - Department of Public Works
Wayland - Board of Health
Webster - Earth 911
Wellesley - Recycling & Disposal Facility
Wellfleet - Recycling Information
Wendell - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
Wenham - Town Recycling Program
Westborough - Recycling & Trash Disposal
West Boylston - Trash & Recycling Information
West Bridgewater - Town Transfer Station
West Brookfield - Highway Department
Westfield - Refuse & Recycling Collection
Westford - WestfordRecycles.org
Westhampton - Earth 911
Westminster - Town Web Site
West Newbury - Town Web Site
Weston - Department of Public Works
Westport - Landfill, Transfer Station & Recycling
West Springfield - Curbside Trash & Recycling Collection
West Stockbridge - Town Transfer Station
West Tisbury - Town Transfer Station
Westwood - Trash & Recycling Information
Weymouth - Town Trash & Recycling Program
Whately - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
Whitman - South Shore Recycling Cooperative
Wilbraham - Disposal & Recycling Center
Williamsburg - Earth 911
Williamstown - Town Transfer Station
Wilmington - Recycling Information
Winchendon - Town Transfer Station
Winchester - Town Transfer Station
Windsor - Earth 911
Winthrop - Trash & Curbside Recycling
Woburn - Recycling Information
Worcester - Department of Public Works & Parks
Worthington - Town Information
Wrentham - Town Recycling Committee
Yarmouth - Solid Waste Disposal & Recycling Center
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City of Fall River History and Resources Photo: Fall River RR Depot |
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The City of Fall River is an industrial community on the banks of the Taunton River in Bristol County with a long and fascinating history. The first settler was Benjamin Church, a hero of King Philip's war, who built a sawmill in 1690. The city's geography determined its destiny; as historians have pointed out, the significant fact about Fall River is that it had water power and port facilities together, making it both a transfer point for passenger and freight traffic to New York and the site of intense industrial development. Its diverse residential population is made up of immigrants from Great Britain, Portugal and Canada drawn to the mill jobs available in the city. Fall River's industrial history began in 1811 when Colonel Joseph Durfee opened the Globe Manufactory. By 1830 the city had seven textile mills, a steamboat to Providence and Newport and its own newspaper. A staggering population and industrial boom made Fall River one of the textile capitals of the nation with more than 100 cotton mills housing four million spindles, employing more than 30,000 people, and generating a weekly payroll of over $500,000. The city boasted an international market and 130,000 people when its prosperity peaked during the First World War. When textile manufacturing began moving south in the 1920's, the city's decline began, accelerating during a devastating fire, which destroyed the central business district, and the Depression. By 1930 the city declared bankruptcy and its finances were operated by the state from 1931 to 1941. Having learned its lesson, the modern city maintains a highly diversified industrial profile with chemical operations, electrical and food products along with the garment and textile industries. It also maximizes tourism with the largest factory outlet district in New England and a World War II memorial which opens a variety of American warships to visitors at the State Pier in Fall River. The city retains a variety of handsome historic public buildings. Narrative based on information provided by the Massachusetts Historical Commission |