Ames Manufacturing Company

Then

The Chicopee River works made swords, tools and cutlery and ran iron and bronze foundries that cast cannon and cannonballs. In the war Ames was one of the Army's most important makers of side arms, swords and light artillery and the third largest producer of heavy ordnance.

After the war it made sewing machine and bicycle parts. The sword business became a separate company in 1881, and A.G. Spalding bought the foundries by 1907.

Now

Built over

The factory complex at 5-7 Springfield Street, its oldest part from 1847, was listed on the National Register in 1983. The largest buildings have been converted into residences.

The nearest railroad in service today is a line owned by a smaller railroad, about 0.4 miles away.