Haverhill

Haverhill, a city of Massachusetts, at the head of navigation on the Merrimac River, 33 miles N. of Boston by rail. Its chief industry is the manufacture of boots and shoes, which employs about 6000 men in 200 factories; and there are manufactures also of iron, hats, glass, &c. Pop. (1870) 13,092; (1890) 27,412.