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Some others that might fit are: Willimantic, Manchester, Naugatuck and Putnam, among others in Connecticut; Lewiston, Auburn, Biddeford and Waterville in Maine; Bellows Falls, Winooski, Brattleboro and Vergennes in Vermont and Nashua, Rochester, Dover and Laconia in New Hampshire. Massachusetts had/has many throughout the state in places like: Adams, Chicopee, Holyoke and Haverhill. Rhode Island had/has some in Bristol, Central Falls, Valley Falls and Westerly.
Many Northern NY communities were known for their paper mills and mining. Places like Carthage, Watertown, Plattsburgh, Lowville, Ogdensburg, Malone, Saranac Lake, Brasher and Massena.
Some others that might fit are: Willimantic, Manchester, Naugatuck and Putnam, among others in Connecticut; Lewiston, Auburn, Biddeford and Waterville in Maine; Bellows Falls, Winooski, Brattleboro and Vergennes in Vermont and Nashua, Rochester, Dover and Laconia in New Hampshire. Massachusetts had/has many throughout the state in places like: Adams, Chicopee, Holyoke and Haverhill. Rhode Island had/has some in Bristol, Central Falls, Valley Falls and Westerly.
Many Northern NY communities were known for their paper mills and mining. Places like Carthage, Watertown, Plattsburgh, Lowville, Ogdensburg, Malone, Saranac Lake, Brasher and Massena.
Don't forget Amsterdam's rug industry, Troy's stove industry, Elmira's fire engine industry and Canajoharie's (I think) Life Savers industry . Also, Rochester (NY) was dominated by shoe industry in its pre-Kodak days. That's where my ancestors found work when they emigrated from Europe.
Don't forget Amsterdam's rug industry, Troy's stove industry, Elmira's fire engine industry and Canajoharie's (I think) Life Savers industry . Also, Rochester (NY) was dominated by shoe industry in its pre-Kodak days. That's where my ancestors found work when they emigrated from Europe.
Yeah, NY State is covered in cities and towns with a manufacturing history.
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. Also, Rochester (NY) was dominated by shoe industry in its pre-Kodak days. That's where my ancestors found work when they emigrated from Europe.
