du Pont Viscoloid Company - Leominster, MA
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nomadwillie
N 42° 30.727 W 071° 44.492
19T E 274774 N 4710280
Leominster had become a plastics capital by accident and by means of a decidedly unremarkable product: the comb.
Waymark Code: WM13DVW
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 11/18/2020
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LEOMINSTER, 24.6 m. (city, alt. 409, pop. 21,894, sett. 1653, incorp. town 1740, city 1915), was originally a part of Lancaster Town (see Tour 7). In the first 50 years of its existence it had some manufacturing activity, and today less than one-fifth of its land area is devoted to agri- cultural pursuits, which center in orcharding and dairying. Combs were made as early as 1770, and by 1845 there were 24 factories producing them. As a substitute for the horn originally used, viscoloid has been developed. The du Pont Viscoloid Company is the most important industry in the town.
American Guide Series Massachusetts: a Guide to its Places and People, p.541
This location was particularly hard to identify but I found a book with a picture of the old factory in the book "Comb making in America" published in 1925. Leominster had become a plastics capital by accident and by means of a decidedly unremarkable product: the comb.
Book: Massachusetts
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 541
Year Originally Published: 1937
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