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			1825 Erie Canal completed

1826 Lowell, Massachusetts incorporated

			1841 Catharine Beecher, "A Treatise on Domestic Economy"

1849 California Gold Rush

			1861 Civil War economy boosts Massachusetts manufacturing

1870 First transcontinental train leaves Boston on a 39-day journey across the United States
			1870 French-Canadian workers fill Northern N.E. mill towns

1880 New England fisheries decline

			1890 Fall River surpasses Lowell as largest producer of printed textiles

1912 Strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts

			1924 First of New England textile mills moves south

1940 World war II fuels new industries in New England

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