The oldest canal built for industrial purposes in North America is Mother Brook in Dedham, MA.

Dedham () is a town in and the county seat of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States.

Dedham is home to the Fairbanks House, the oldest surviving timber-frame house in the United States, scientifically dated to 1637.

Dedham is sometimes called the " mother of towns " because 14 present-day communities were included within its original broad borders.

Dedham is located at ( 42. 244609, − 71. 165531 ).

Dedham is made up of a number of neighborhoods:

* Precinct One, or Upper Dedham, is in the northwest corner of the town, between High Street and Common Street and the Westwood and Needham lines.

It is the location of Dedham Square.

While it is not called for in the Charter, there is a tradition in Dedham for the Chairmen of the several districts to elect from amongst themselves a chairman.

The theater company and Viacom / CBS Corporation parent National Amusements is based in Dedham.

Dedham has seven public schools, and is known for the first implementation of a tax supported, free public school system, now used nationally.

Dedham is home to a number of community organizations, including

There are graves as recent as 1980 in the West Roxbury portion ; the Dedham portion is still active.

* June 4, 1810 – The Society in Dedham for Apprehending Horse Thieves is founded in Dedham, Massachusetts.

** The covenant of the Town of Dedham, Massachusetts is first signed.

* June 4 – The Society in Dedham for Apprehending Horse Thieves is founded in Dedham, Massachusetts.

An example is the Fairbanks House in Dedham, Massachusetts.

Bayard died at his daughter ’ s home in Dedham, Massachusetts on September 29, 1898, and is buried in the Old Swedes Episcopal Church Cemetery at Wilmington.

Its county seat is Dedham.

Dedham is a city in Carroll County, Iowa, United States.

Dedham is located at ( 41. 908650 ,-94. 822832 ) at the junction of Brushy and Dedham Creeks.

Settled in 1635 by people from Roxbury and Watertown, Dedham was incorporated in 1636.

On January 1, 1643, by unanimous vote, Dedham authorized the first taxpayer-funded public school, " the seed of American education.

* Hanson, Robert Brand, " Dedham, Massachusetts, 1635 – 1890 ," published by Dedham Historical Society, 1976

The area was once home to the Pocumtuck tribe, who were driven away by settlers relocated in 1673 from Dedham.

The Trust seeks to restore through navigation from Sudbury to the sea, following on the successful restoration of the locks at Dedham, Flatford and Great Cornard, by reinstating the 10 remaining locks.

Donovan is greeted by William " Doc " Dedham ( Warden ), also a U. S. Navy veteran and the only physician in the archipelago, who is about to begin a one or two week pre-Christmas circuit of the " outer islands ," taking care of the health needs of the residents.

When word reaches Haleakaloha that Miss Dedham is on the way, a scheme is concocted by Donovan, Gilhooley, and the Marquis de Lage ( Romero ).

Viacom is owned in majority by National Amusements, Inc., a privately owned theater company based in Dedham, Massachusetts, USA.

The most important early American almanacs were made from 1726-1775 by Nathaniel Ames of Dedham, Massachusetts.

The Sawin Museum, located at the corner of Centre and Dedham Streets in Dover Center, is owned and operated by the Dover Historical Society and is open to the public free of charge.

It is bordered by the towns of Natick, Wellesley, Needham, Dedham, Westwood, Sherborn, Walpole, and Medfield.

Buses connect Jamaica Plain with Roslindale, West Roxbury, Hyde Park, and suburban Dedham, Westwood and Walpole to the south, and the rest of Boston by street routes.

Most of the cross streets in the neighborhood are named after cities and towns served by it or by the Boston and Albany Railroad: Greenwich, Newton, Canton, Dedham, Brookline, Rutland, Concord, Worcester, Springfield, Camden, Maine, Northampton, Sharon, Randolph, Plympton, Stoughton, Waltham, Dover, Chatham, and Wareham.

West Roxbury is a neighborhood in Boston bordered by Roslindale to the northeast, the Town of Dedham to the west and south, the Town of Brookline to the north, and the City of Newton to the west.

A set of rules was drawn up by the Massachusetts Association of Base Ball Players at Dedham, Massachusetts in 1858.

The Dedham property was previously the Nickerson family estate, and its grounds had been designed by Frederick Law Olmsted.

Flatford and Dedham, Essex, both made famous by John Constable, are within walking distance of East Bergholt.

The Ascension, by John Constable, which hangs in Dedham church, was painted for Manningtree church, pulled down in the 1960s.

Several substantial Tudor Halls were constructed by wealthy clothiers and gentry, including the Manor of Veyseys and Veyseys Farm ; the Woadhouse and its attached buildings, built by Thomas Woadhouse of Dedham in 1501 to replace a much older hall called Afrettles ; Typlands Farm, Leatherjacket Farm and Squirrels Hall to the north from c. 1480.

* Ursuline Academy of Dedham, an all-girls Catholic school in Dedham, Massachusetts, run by the Ursulines