North Adams
a city in Berkshire co., Mass.; on the Hoosac river, and on the Boston and Maine and the Boston and Albany railroads; 20 miles N. E. of Pittsfield. It comprises the villages of Greylock, Braytonville, Blackington , and Beaver. Here are the A. J.
Houghton Public Library, North Adams Library, high school, North Adams Hospital, waterworks, electric lights, electric railroads, several National and savings banks, and several daily and weekly newspapers. The chief manufactures are tanned leather , lumber , iron castings, machinery, boots and shoes, and cotton, woolen, and print shoes, and cotton goods. Near by is the E. terminus of the Hoosac tunnel. Pop. (1910) 22,019; (1920) 22,282.