“Millers Falls Company Arises From Nash’s Mill Ashes” article from Greenfield Recorder-Gazette newspaper

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This 1953 article from the Greenfield Recorder-Gazette describes how two Greenfield, Massachusetts, machinists founded a small tool industry in the 1860’s, after a series of disasters. The attempt by Levi Gunn and Charles Amidon to establish a manufacturing firm for wringer washers met with consistent back luck. First the brook supplying waterpower ran dry and then $300-worth of wringers, stored in a barn, were destroyed by fire. Undaunted by these obstacles, they joined with William Barber in 1865, to manufacture an iron bit brace, but several more fires again interrupted their efforts until they finally moved to a one-story brick building. The company continued to expand, with the biggest increase in production and employees taking place during World War II. Today, the company no longer exists.

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Item typeArticle
PublisherGreenfield Recorder-Gazette
Date1953-06-09
PlaceGreenfield, Massachusetts
TopicIndustry, Occupation, Work
EraCivil War and Reconstruction, 1861–1877
Rise of Industrial America, 1878–1899
Progressive Era, World War I, 1900–1928
Great Depression and World War II, 1929–1945
MaterialPaper
Process/FormatPrinting
Dimension detailsProcess Material: printed paper, ink Height: 14.75 in Width: 6.75 in
Catalog #L06.014
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Greenfield Recorder-Gazette. “Millers Falls Company Arises From Nash’s Mill Ashes.” June 9, 1953. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l06-014/. Accessed on November 2, 2024.

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