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Inside the Davis Sewing Machine Factory in 1881

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Old 12-22-2015, 09:30 AM
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Ok, here are links to the full sized scans (WAYYY to big to post directly here)

Front - 5.6mb

Back - 4.5mb
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Thank you Steve, that is so much better to see, it is wonderful!
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Originally Posted by amcatanzaro View Post
That's really cool.

The building in Dayton they moved to is still there. It was for sale for almost nothing last time I checked.
I hear the area is pretty run down, classic "Rust Belt". I understand a part of the old factory has been made into artist studios.

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Thank you Steve, I will keep a copy with my Davis.
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......and we actually had "craftsmen" then.....so few now.....all is robotic....
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Originally Posted by Geri B View Post
......and we actually had "craftsmen" then.....so few now.....all is robotic....
Well, in all fairness, it is Craftsman who envision, design, engineer, and produce those robots (for now)
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Steve,

Thanks for sharing. That is fascinating reading material.
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I hear the area is pretty run down, classic "Rust Belt". I understand a part of the old factory has been made into artist studios.

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I had heard that was the plan but it looks like it happened very recently! Yes, that neighborhood is in pretty poor shape.

https://www.facebook.com/Davislindenbldg/

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/...ecycles/nncLB/
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Originally Posted by amcatanzaro View Post
I had heard that was the plan but it looks like it happened very recently! Yes, that neighborhood is in pretty poor shape.

https://www.facebook.com/Davislindenbldg/

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/...ecycles/nncLB/
Here are some more recent photos of Dayton Plant:

http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=11976.0

I believe very little or nothing is left in Watertown, NY. Watertown ran on water power which I would have liked to have seen. There is a water powered turbine sawmill in Batsto, NJ which is pretty darn Cool.

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Batsto .... oh my! I have been there many times in my past younger life. My family use to even canoe in the area. Batsto is definitely a cool place to visit ... or at least it was. Neat houses with some of the old crafts still being done in the village. Iron making and glass making were big industries there. Wonder if that is still true? South Jersey is a whole different environment than farther north. The Pine Barrens are one example. There used to be a number of boat builders in that area.

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