Malden
a city in Middlesex co., Mass.; on the Malden river and on the Boston and Maine railroad; 5 miles N. of Boston. It contains Converse Memorial Hall, Ar Art Gallery and Library , hospital, electric light plant, waterworks, daily and weekly newspapers, and National banks.
The city is the trade center for surrounding towns. It has about 300 manufacturing establishments, including one of the largest boot, shoe, and rubber works in the United States, and sand and emery