Today, Kendall Square is known for its ties to MIT as a place for innovation and research; but it became a center for invention and manufacturing during the Second Industrial Revolution, between 1880 and 1930, making machines to eliminate much of the hand labor found in making candy, baked goods, Soaps, and packaging materials. | Men and Machines of Kendall Square by Sherwood Stockwell, Paperback | Indigo Chapters