Business Fitchburg, Massachusetts

main street, looking east, in c. 1912

throughout twentieth century, fitchburg known paper industry, occupied banks of nashua river , employed large segment of european immigrant population. has been noted many residents in fitchburg nashua river dyed color paper mills had been coloring paper day.

founded in 1939, wachusett potato chip company purchased former county jail buildings , grounds in 1940s , has operated manufacturing , distributing facility snack products since time. purchased utz in 2011 , still makes chips local distribution using wachusett name.
two truck manufacturing firms, wachusett truck company , new england truck company, operated in fitchburg during twentieth century.
simonds international, saw manufacturer founded in fitchburg in 1832 , still operating on intervale road.
the iver johnson arms , cycle works made motorcycles short time, in addition primary products, firearms , bicycles.
assumption life, large financial services company, founded in fitchburg in 1903 before moving moncton, new brunswick.
long time businesses continued grace main street shack s clothing , duvarney jewelers.
new businesses have opened on main street destare martini bar, chaibo cafe popular hang out , meeting place.
when completed in june 2014 great wolf lodge new england have spent on 70 million dollars in renovations former holiday inn/coco key water resort there on 400 new permanent jobs created project.

fitchburg central steam plant

the fitchburg central steam plant (locally known nickname: plt) built in 1928 provide steam , electricity many local paper mills. paper mills abandoned or improved central steam plant fell disuse , abandoned. in 2008, epa designated central steam plant brownfield site due contamination of site soil , groundwater metals , inorganic contaminants. epa provided city of fitchburg $50,500 in grant money clean hazardous substances on site.

cleanup of central steam plant started in 2010 , ongoing of july 2011. unfortunately of december 2015 fitchburg central steam plant has been razed. last structure fall being massive smokestack.