Lamsom-Goodnow Manufacturing Company, 45 Conway Street, Shelburne Falls, Franklin County, MA
Summary
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr
Significance: In 1851 the new cutlery factory of Lamson & Goodnow introduced the "American system" of interchangeable parts. By the mid-1850s, with 340 workers they became the nation's largest cutlery manufacturer.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1425
Survey number: HAER MA-75
Building/structure dates: ca. 1833 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1844 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1850 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1851 Subsequent Work
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Tags
tableware
manufacturing
shelburne falls mass
lamsom goodnow
conway
conway street
shelburne
falls
shelburne falls
franklin county
massachusetts
justine christianson
historic american engineering record
ebenezer lamson
nathaniel lamson
silas lamson
p h stott
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
manufacturing plants
factory
library of congress
industrial history
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Lamson, Silas
Lamson, Nathaniel
Lamson, Ebenezer
Stott, P H, field team
Christianson, Justine, transmitter
Location
Shelburne Falls (Mass.)
,
42.60116, -72.73836
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
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