First - Condensed Milk Factory - Torrington, CT
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A roadside marker to show the site of a factory built in 1857.
Waymark Code: WM15120
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 09/24/2021
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This marker is on Burr Road in Torrington, CT.
From CT Museum Quest:
“ Gail Borden (a dude), discoverer of the process of milk preservation by evaporation and condensation, built the world’s first condensed milk factory there, along the stream by the falls, in 1857. The new milk product proved to be of great value, particularly to the Union Army during the Civil War. Fire destroyed the mill in 1877 and Borden moved his operation to New York.”
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“ Borden's process for making sweetened condensed milk enabled the dairy product to be transported and stored without refrigeration, and for longer periods than fresh milk. After returning to the New York area to market another product, he set up factories for condensed milk in Connecticut, and later in New York and Illinois. Demand by the Union Army was high during the American Civil War. His New York Condensed Milk Company changed its name to Borden Dairy Co. after his death.”
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