Waltham

Japanese: ウォルサム(英語表記)Waltham
Waltham
A city in eastern Massachusetts, USA. It is located on the Charles River, about 15 km west of Boston. It began as an industrial city in 1636, when a flour mill was built using a 2m waterfall in the center of the city. A paper mill was then built there in 1788, and in 1813, the first cotton spinning mill in the United States was completed, processing cotton into textiles, and industrialization progressed. The Waltham Watch Company (founded in 1854), which was a representative watch manufacturer for many years, contributed greatly to the city's development. The watch industry was later replaced by electronic equipment and precision machinery, and continues to this day. Population: 57,878 (1990).

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Japanese:
アメリカ合衆国,マサチューセッツ州東部の都市。ボストンの西方約 15km,チャールズ川河畔に位置する。 1636年,町の中央にあった約 2mの滝を使って製粉工場ができたのが,工業都市としての始り。次いで 1788年そこに製紙工場ができ,さらに 1813年合衆国で初めて綿花から織物までを加工する綿紡績工場が完成し,工業化が進んだ。長年時計メーカーとして代表的地位を占めてきたウォルサム時計会社 (1854創設) が,市の発展に大いに寄与した。その後時計工業の地位は電子装置や精密器械工業に代られ,今日にいたっている。人口5万 7878 (1990) 。

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