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Loew’s Poli was a popular Worcester movie theater during the mid-20th century heyday of big-screen films.
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Worcester once had a wide selection of movie theaters to choose...

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Loring Coes invented the monkey wrench, a hand tool whose popularity has endured for nearly 200 years, in Worcester during the middle of the 19th century. Photo/Wikimedia Commons
History

The monkey wrench was invented in Worcester

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Worcester City Hospital closed in 1991, after serving the residents of Worcester and the surrounding area for 120 years.
History

Worcester City Hospital served residents for over a century

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The lavish Hotel Bancroft in Worcester, opened in 1913, closed in 1964, and is now a luxury apartment complex. Photo/Wikimedia Commons/Kenneth C. Zirkel
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Hotel Bancroft was once Worcester’s premier lodging and event destination

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Three-decker houses were invented in Worcester during the late 19th century to help meet the housing needs of the thousands of immigrants that flooded the city to work in its many factories.
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Three-decker houses were invented in Worcester

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Robert H. Goddard’s launch of a liquid-fueled rocket on an Auburn farm on March 16, 1926, inaugurated the modern rocket age.
History

A century ago, the modern rocket age began thanks to Worcester...

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A contemporary vista of Green Hill Park in Worcester shows a landscape that has changed little from nearly a century ago.
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Green Hill Park is the ‘crown jewel’ of Worcester

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The Blackstone Canal lasted a mere 21 years, closing in 1848 after competition from railroads made it a less attractive option for shipping cargo.
History

The Blackstone Canal connected Worcester to the Atlantic Ocean

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By 1916, Worcester’s trolley system was the largest in the entire state.
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Worcester’s trolley system was once the largest in the state

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Worcester resident Marshall Walter ‘Major’ Taylor was a world-champion bicycle racer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Bicycle racer Marshall Walter ‘Major’ Taylor was known as the ‘Worcester...

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