1700 | | Grove Hill Cemetery, est. 1702 |
1750 | | Gore Estate, bought in 1786 |
1800 | | Nathaniel Banks, born 1816 |
1825 | | St. Mary's Church established, 1831 |
1850 | | Waltham Watch factory, founded 1854 |
1875 | | Waltham Hospital, as it is today, chartered 1885 |
1900 | | Ricci Farms opens, 1920 |
1925 | | Raytheon's Waltham plant opens, 1933 |
1950 | | Route 128 opened to traffic, 1951 |
1975 | | In 1998, the former Grover Cronin's site hosts the new Cronin's Landing project, near completion |
2000 | | Waltham Hospital, before closing in 2003 |
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