Ames Shovel Shop
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The Ames Shovel Shops, also known as Ames Shovel Works or Ames Shovel Shop, is a historic 19th century industrial complex located in North Easton, Massachusetts. It is part of the North Easton Histori
A view of the 1870 Store House (right) and 1852 Long Shop (center, with red cupola), from the southeast corner of the complex
Ames office & stables (1897)
Antrim hammer shop
1857 machine shop
Oliver Ames Sr.
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Oliver Ames Sr. was the family patriarch of the Ames family of Easton, Massachusetts. He established the family shovel business, which over generations grew to become one of the largest family fortune
Ames Shovel Shop
…in 2015. The Ames Shovel Company traces its origins to 1774 when Capt. John Ames began making iron shovels at West Bridgewater, Massachusetts. His son Oliver Ames Sr. moved the company to North Easton in 1803. In 1844, the elder Ames would transfer the shovel business to two of his sons, Oakes and Oliver Jr., and the…
Oliver Ames, Sr. 1779 1863