 Washburn and Moen North Works District

The Washburn and Moen North Works District encompass an industrial complex that housed the largest business in Worcester, Massachusetts in the second half of the 19th century.Founded in 1831, Washburn and Moen was an innovating manufacturer of wire and related products, including telegraph wire, barbed wire (for which the company acquired a manufacturing monopoly), which were used in large quantities during America's westward expansion.