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Lamsom-Goodnow Manufacturing Company, 45 Conway Street, Shelburne Falls, Franklin County, MA

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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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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
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Date

1969 - 1980
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Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Lamson, Silas
Lamson, Nathaniel
Lamson, Ebenezer
Stott, P H, field team
Christianson, Justine, transmitter
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Location

Shelburne Falls (Mass.) ,  42.60116, -72.73836
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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