The City of Brockton is a major urban community south of Boston with a rich industrial history. Brockton was the shoe manufacturing center of the region from the late 18th century through the 1950's. In the Civil War, it was claimed that half of the Union Army wore boots made in Brockton and at the height of the shoe industry in 1929, more than 30,000 people were employed by shoe manufacturers in a city which dominated the world footwear market until after World War II.
The city was the site of pioneering in electrical power in 1883 when the third electric power station in the country was opened under the supervision of Thomas Edison, and in 1884 when Edison returned to witness the opening of the City Theater, the first in the world to be lighted from a central power station. The city was also the site of the first fire station to be electrically operated.
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Law Office of John P. Pollis & Associates
Office: Attleboro Falls, MA Area(s) Served: Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth and Barnstable, Attleboro Falls, North Attleboro, Plainville, Mansfield, Foxboro, Wrentham, Norton, Seekonk, Bellingham, Franklin, and Walpole. Area(s) of Practice: Elder Law & Estate Planning, Real Estate, Business & Contract Law, Family Law, Criminal Law Phone: 508-695-4446 or 888-695-4450 Email: jpollis@comcast.net |
Office: Attleboro Falls, MA
Areas Served: Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth and Barnstable, Attleboro Falls, North Attleboro, Plainville, Mansfield, Foxboro, Wrentham, Norton, Seekonk, Bellingham, Franklin, and Walpole.
Specialty: Elder Law & Estate Planning, Real Estate, Business & Contract Law, Family Law, Criminal Law
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