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  2. Ice trade - Wikipedia

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    The ice trade, also known as the frozen water trade, was a 19th-century and early 20th-century industry, centering on the east coast of the United States and Norway, involving the large-scale harvesting, transport and sale of natural ice, and later the making and sale of artificial ice, for domestic consumption and commercial purposes.

  3. Quabbin Reservoir - Wikipedia

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    The Quabbin Reservoir is the largest inland body of water in Massachusetts, United States, and was built between 1930 and 1939. Along with the Wachusett Reservoir, it is the primary water supply for Boston, 65 miles (105 km) to the east, and 40 other cities and towns in Greater Boston. The Quabbin also supplies water to three towns west of the ...

  4. Massachusetts Water Resources Authority - Wikipedia

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    The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority ( MWRA) is a public authority in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that provides wholesale drinking water and sewage services to 3.1 million people in sixty-one municipalities and more than 5,500 large industrial users in the eastern and central parts of the state, primarily in the Boston area.

  5. New Bedford, Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    New Bedford also serves as the southern terminus of MA Route 140, which is a freeway that connects to MA Route 24 in Taunton on the road north to Boston. MA Route 18, the extension of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway (which travels through downtown), is a freeway for the short stretch connecting I-195 to US 6 and the port area.

  6. List of industry trade groups in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Marketing Research Association. Million Dollar Round Table. National Association of Real Estate Brokers. National Association of Realtors. Outdoor Advertising Association of America. Produce Marketing Association. Promotion Marketing Association. Public Relations Society of America. United States Chamber of Commerce.

  7. Francis Cabot Lowell - Wikipedia

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    There are no surviving portraits of him, so this cut-paper silhouette is commonly used. Francis Cabot Lowell (April 7, 1775 [1] – August 10, 1817) was an American businessman for whom the city of Lowell, Massachusetts, is named. He was instrumental in bringing the Industrial Revolution to the United States.

  8. Water trading - Wikipedia

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    Water trading is the process of buying and selling water access entitlements, also often called water rights. The terms of the trade can be either permanent or temporary, depending on the legal status of the water rights. Some of the western states of the United States, Chile, South Africa, Australia, Iran and Spain 's Canary Islands have water ...

  9. State Street Corporation - Wikipedia

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    State Street Corporation. State Street Corporation (stylized in all caps ), is a global [ 2] financial services and bank holding company headquartered at One Congress Street in Boston with operations worldwide. It is the second-oldest continually operating United States bank; its predecessor, Union Bank, was founded in 1792.