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Fafnir Bearing Plant, Bounded on North side by Myrtle Street, on South side by Orange Street, on East side by Booth Street & on West side by Grove Street, New Britain, Hartford County, CT

Fafnir Bearing Plant, Bounded on North side by Myrtle Street, on South side by Orange Street, on East side by Booth Street & on West side by Grove Street, New Britain, Hartford County, CT

Fafnir Bearing Plant, Bounded on North side by Myrtle Street, on South side by Orange Street, on East side by Booth Street & on West side by Grove Street, New Britain, Hartford County, CT

Fafnir Bearing Plant, Bounded on North side by Myrtle Street, on South side by Orange Street, on East side by Booth Street & on West side by Grove Street, New Britain, Hartford County, CT

Fafnir Bearing Plant, Bounded on North side by Myrtle Street, on South side by Orange Street, on East side by Booth Street & on West side by Grove Street, New Britain, Hartford County, CT

Fafnir Bearing Plant, Bounded on North side by Myrtle Street, on South side by Orange Street, on East side by Booth Street & on West side by Grove Street, New Britain, Hartford County, CT

Fafnir Bearing Plant, Bounded on North side by Myrtle Street, on South side by Orange Street, on East side by Booth Street & on West side by Grove Street, New Britain, Hartford County, CT

Fafnir Bearing Plant, Bounded on North side by Myrtle Street, on South side by Orange Street, on East side by Booth Street & on West side by Grove Street, New Britain, Hartford County, CT

Fafnir Bearing Plant, Bounded on North side by Myrtle Street, on South side by Orange Street, on East side by Booth Street & on West side by Grove Street, New Britain, Hartford County, CT

Fafnir Bearing Plant, Bounded on North side by Myrtle Street, on South side by Orange Street, on East side by Booth Street & on West side by Grove Street, New Britain, Hartford County, CT

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Significance: Fafnir Bearing Company was one of a half-dozen ball bearing manufacturers that dominated world production of ball bearings in the first half of the twentieth century. Fafnir made several important contributions to ball bearing manufacture including patents for wide inner ring bearings, self-aligning pillow blocks, and self-locking cam collars.

Survey number: HAER CT-159

Building/structure dates: 1880 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1903 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1907-1908 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1915 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1918 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1925 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1929 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1935 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1940-1942 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1947-1948 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1951 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1966 Subsequent Work

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1969 - 1980
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Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Hart, Howard S
Aifson, Mary, transmitter
Harty, Drew, photographer
Mayer, Dan, historian
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connecticut
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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