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STONEHAM , a township of . Middlesex county, Massachusetts, U.S.A . Pop . (189o), 6155; (1900), 6197; (1910, U.S. census), logo .See also: Area, 6.6 sq. m
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In the township is Spot See also: Pond, a large lake with islets, so named in 1632 by Governor See also: John
See also: Winthrop and others who then first discovered it; it is a storage See also: basin for the Metropolitan See also: Water See also: District, and supplies See also: Medford, See also: Melrose and Stoneham
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A large See also: part (730 acres) of the Middlesex Fells Reservation of the Metropolitan See also: Park See also: System is in Stoneham
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The See also: village of Stoneham, with the only See also: post office in the See also: town-See also: ship, is about 9 M. See also: north by See also: east of See also: Boston, and is served by the Boston & Maine railway and by inter-See also: urban electric lines; it has a public library
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Steam power was first used in the manufacture of shoes in Stoneham by John See also: Hill & Co., who introduced many labour-saving devices, notably the heeling machine (1862)
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Stoneham, long a part of
See also: Charlestown and first settled about 1668, was incorporated as a township in 1725, but its boundaries have been frequently changed since then
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