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E. & T. Fairbanks & Company Factory, Sleepers River, Saint Johnsbury, Caledonia County, VT

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E. & T. Fairbanks & Company Factory, Sleepers River, Saint Johnsbury, Caledonia County, VT

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Summary

Significance: This factory manufactured the famous platform scales invented by Thaddeus Fairbanks in 1830. The factory complex, which was comprised of 40 buildings containing 23 acres of floor space, has been called "the only true gothic revival industrial factory in America."
Survey number: HAER VT-1
Building/structure dates: ca. 1876 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1972 Demolished

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Date

1969 - 1980

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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator

Fairbanks, Thaddeus

Packard, Lambert

Hawley, Monica E, transmitter

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Location

Saint Johnsbury (Vt.), 44.41926, -72.01512

Google Map of 44.4192627, -72.0151183

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Source

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