The Hopedale Machine Company

Hopedale Machine Company

The area that eventually became the main plant of Draper Corporation was

home to a number of companies in the mid 1800s. These photos show the

Hopedale Machine Company. It was started in 1856 by

and

, when they pulled their stock out of the

t was the superintendent. Other companies operating in this area at

different times included E.D. and George Draper, the Hopedale Furnace

Company, the Hopedale Machine Screw Company, the Northrop Loom

Company, George Draper and Sons, the Dutcher Temple Company, the

Sawyer Spindle Company and the Hopedale Elastic Goods Company. By

1898 these had all been absorbed by the Draper Company, which in 1916

reorganized as the

A company with a similar sounding name was the Hopedale Manufacturing

Company. That was established as a result of

, which

began when

's brothers,

and

, removed

him as president of the Draper Company. The general died in 1910, not long

after the Manufacturing Company was founded. It was operated by his sons,

was involved with it, and Jonas Northrop was president during

at least part of its existence.