Place: Dorchester Pottery Works
Address: 101-105 Victory Road
Neighborhood: Dorchester
On November 5, 2014, I rode the 201/202 from Fields Corner to Neponset. In this part of Dorchester is the Dorchester Pottery Works structure.
To visit the Dorchester Pottery Works, ride bus route 201 or 202 on Neponset Avenue to Victory Road.
"Founded in 1895 by George Henderson, the Dorchester Pottery Works illustrates early 20th century pottery making technology. Dorchester stoneware is known for its distinctive cobalt blue hand glazing on white, buff and grey tableware as well as its commercial and industrial wares. The last original building is this 1914 brick beehive kiln, in continuous use until 1965, and one of the few extant kilns of its type in the U.S. Firing at temperatures over 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit, the kiln took about two weeks to load, fire, cool and unload, and consumed about fifteen tons of coal and four cords of wood."
To learn more about the Dorchester Pottery Works:
http://www.dorchesteratheneum.org/page.php?id=588
http://www.lib.umb.edu/node/1568
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorchester_Pottery_Works
