C.F. Roper & Co., Northrop Street   The Roper Company operated a brass foundry owned by Charles Roper, who had begun his years in Hopedale as an inventor with the Draper research department. The building was located on Northrop Street, adjacent to the town park. The company made and sold boat propellers, boat speedometers and a number of other devices. When I was a kid going to the Park Street School in the late 1940s, I used to pass by where the shop had been and wondered what had been there. By that time the shop was gone and all that remained was a concrete slab. Eventually the lot was purchased by Nick and Adelia (Dell, I think she was called) Narducci, who built the home shown in the photo at the bottom.              Charles Roper          Now and Then Menu           HOME