Waltham Massachusetts has been called "watch city" because of its association with the watch industry.
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16 Facts About Waltham Massachusetts
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Waltham Massachusetts Watch Company opened its factory in Waltham Massachusetts in 1854 and was the first company to make watches on an assembly line.
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Waltham Massachusetts produced over 35 million watches, clocks and instruments before it closed in 1957.
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Waltham Massachusetts was first settled in 1634 as part of Watertown and was officially incorporated as a separate town in 1738.
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Waltham Massachusetts had no recognizable town center until the 1830s, when the nearby Boston Manufacturing Company gave the town the land that now serves as its central square.
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Moody Street in downtown Waltham Massachusetts offers its own brand of entertainment with a colorful assortment of shops, restaurants, and bars, including The Gaff, Outer Limits, Gourmet Pottery, and the Embassy Cinema.
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The city of Waltham Massachusetts has a free "Tick Tock Trolley" on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings from 6pm–11pm for visitors that provides easy access to local municipal parking lots.
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Moody Street is a wide road, and with its closure, many residents of Waltham Massachusetts have began walking the length of the closure frequently to get outdoors.
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Waltham Massachusetts has a high immigrant population, and a high population of people without cars.
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The Waltham Massachusetts Museum is devoted solely to the history of the city.
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Waltham Massachusetts is home to the Waltham Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra, a high-level semi-professional civic orchestra.
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Waltham Massachusetts has in recent decades become a center for Ugandan culture, with an estimated 1500 Ugandans living in the city, leading some to call Waltham Massachusetts "Little Kampala".
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Waltham Massachusetts is home to the Waltham Massachusetts News Tribune, a weekly paper which is published each Thursday, year-round owned by Gatehouse Media.
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The Waltham Massachusetts Patch covers the local, daily news and invites locals to post their own blogs, events and opinion online only.
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City of Waltham Massachusetts is protected by the 166 full-time, paid firefighters of the city of Waltham Massachusetts Fire Department .
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