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Ives Manufacturing Corporation, 194 Holland Avenue, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, CT
Summary
Significance: The patent-stone ashlar building was the first factory in the United States built for the sole purpose of making toy trains. Ives was the largest producer of electric trains in this country for almost ten years, manufacturing the first "O" gauge trains in America to run on fabricated sectional track. The company had a reputation for high standards, living up to the slogan "Ives Toys Make Happy Boys."
Survey number: HAER CT-170
Building/structure dates: 1904 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1917 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1939 Subsequent Work
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Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Ives, Edward
Lionel Company
Meyer, Lauren, transmitter
Stewart, Robert C, photographer
Cobbs, Martha M, historian
Location
bridgeport, 41.17121, -73.21749
Source
Library of Congress
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
