Adams (Massachusetts)

Berkshire County

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Adams is a town in Berkshire County in eastern Massachusetts in the United States.

Geography

Adams is in the valley of the Hoosic River, surrounded by the Taconic Range to the west and the Hoosac Range of the Berkshire Mountains in the east. In the vicinity is the 1064 m high Mount Greylock, the highest mountain in Massachusetts. Also, is the place on the Appalachian Trail.

History

Adams was in 1778 under the name Adams independently, named after Samuel Adams. The land of the village was then divided into 0.4 km × 0.81 km large parcels on which most farms were on the Hoosic River, which served to drive the mills. Between 1810 and 1820 the population increased by the addition of drawing farmers from the West in search of better ground. 1814, the Village Cotton Manufacture Company was established, whereby the population of 1820-1835 rose to 4,000. This also facilitated the opening of the Hoosac Tunnel 1875. 1878 North Adams was separated from Adam. Previously, you used the name South Adams for the southern part of the town, but there was never a place called South Adams. The President William McKinley visited the place twice, in honor of him a larger than life statue was erected in 1903. In 1958, the factory was of the Berkshire Fine Spinning Associates ( later Berkshire Hathaway ) is closed, causing many jobs were lost.

Economy

The place lives today from the mining of limestone for Calciumcarbonatproduktion, from paper bleaching and tourism.

Traffic

Adams is on the north-south running New England Interstate Route 8 Furthermore ends here at the Massachusetts State Route 116

Sons of the city

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