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7 unusual facts about Fall River


Fall River Government Center

The city's historic 19th century city hall was demolished in the early 1960s for construction of Interstate 195, which cut through the heart of downtown Fall River.

Fall River Government Center (also known as "city hall") is the location of the municipal government offices in the city of Fall River, Massachusetts, United States.

Fall River, Warren and Providence Railroad

The Old Colony Railroad operated the line from 1875 until 1892 when it bought it outright.

Harold Brittan

In response, Brittan led a group of local businessmen who purchased the Providence Gold Bugs and moved the team to Fall River, renaming it Fall River F.C..

Lockview High School

Lockview High School is a high school located in Fall River, Nova Scotia, serving the areas of Fall River, Beaver Bank, Windsor Junction, Waverley, Wellington and a section of Enfield.

Maria Altmann

Traveling by way of Liverpool, England, they reached the United States and settled first in Fall River, Massachusetts, and eventually in Los Angeles, California.

Sam Mark

Sam Mark (born Markelevitch in Fall River, Massachusetts) is a former United States soccer club owner.


Albert Wilfred Barbelle

Albert Wilfred Barbelle (b. 15 February 1887 Fall River, Massachusetts; d. 3 February 1957 New York City) was an American artist known well for his work in advertising, particularly cover art for sheet music of Tin Pan Alley.

Demographics of Massachusetts

Fall River and New Bedford on the south coast have large populations of Portuguese, Brazilian, and Cape Verdean heritage, all of which are also prevalent in the Brockton area.

Freetown, Massachusetts

The representative for Precinct I, which is in the 6th Bristol District, is Carole Fiola (D-Fall River).

History of the Franco-Americans

Many American textile manufactures and other industries opened up jobs for French-Canadian immigrants, such as ones in Lewiston and other bordering counties in Maine; Fall River, Holyoke and Lowell in Massachusetts; Woonsocket in Rhode Island; Manchester in New Hampshire and the bordering regions in Vermont.

Mariano S. Bishop

Bishop (his last name being an anglicized version of Bispo) was born November 14, 1906 on the island of São Miguel in the Azores and grew up in the south end of Fall River, Massachusetts, where his family brought him as a young child.

Merrow Sewing Machine Company

the Merrow Machine Company is now based in Fall River, Massachusetts, and is managed by Charlie Merrow and Owen Merrow great great nephews of Joseph M. Merrow.

Old Colony Iron Works-Nemasket Mills Complex

In 1899, this mill was acquired by New England Cotton Yarn Company, which also included the Cohannet Mills in Taunton, and several other mills in Fall River and New Bedford.

Quequechan River

By the late 1950s with the passing of the landmark Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, the location of the new highway was shifted south and included a high-level bridge across the Taunton River with a route through the center of Fall River through the Narrows and onto New Bedford and Cape Cod.

Silver City Galleria

It covers a leasable area of over 1 million sq ft, and serves multiple cities in the region including: Taunton, Brockton, New Bedford, and Fall River.


see also

Borden House

Borden-Winslow House, Fall River, Massachusetts, listed on the NRHP in Massachusetts

Ariadne J. and Mary A. Borden House, Fall River, Massachusetts, listed on the NRHP in Massachusetts

Brian Christie

Before his career in the television industry, Christie was on the radio in several markets including: WOCB Cape Cod, Massachusetts, WSAR Fall River, Massachusetts, WBUD Trenton, WLOF Orlando, and WLAC Nashville.

David Leite

David Leite (b. Fall River, Massachusetts) is a Portuguese American food writer, cookbook author, and the publisher of the two-time James Beard Award-winning website Leite's Culinaria.

Earle House

John M. Earle House, Fall River, Massachusetts, listed on the NRHP in Massachusetts

Edward Chalmers Leavitt

Painter Charles Walter Stetson, for instance, didn't disguise his contempt for Leavitt's steady output for the upper middle classes, which Stetson saw as influenced by the Fall River school.

Fall River Manufactory

The Fall River and Troy mills had barely begun operation when the Treaty of Ghent was signed on December 24, 1814, ending the War of 1812.

James Chace

His family, of the New England aristocracy, lost nearly everything during the Great Depression after the collapse of the Fall River cotton-mill economy.

John Coughlin

John W. Coughlin (1861–1920), American physician and politician who served as mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts

Lockview High School

Lockview High receives new students primarily from Georges P. Vanier Junior High School in Fall River and Harold T. Barrett Junior High School in Beaver Bank (located approximately 7 minutes from Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia).

Maverick Junction, South Dakota

US-18/385 from Maverick Junction to Hot Springs (4.5 miles) is named the Leslie Jensen Memorial Highway in honor of South Dakota's 15th governor, and follows Fall River up the canyon of the same name to the tourist, veteran's services, market, and county town, known for its 1890s architecture and a variety of minor tourist attractions.

Mount Hope Bay

Mount Hope Bay contains a 35 foot deep shipping channel maintained by the Army Corps of Engineers as part of their Fall River Harbor project.

Quequechan River

From 1813, with the establishment of the Fall River Manufactory, the river enabled Fall River to establish itself as a leading textile center during the early 19th century.