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Old 07-22-2014, 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by GreyQ
I found the source http://www.sewalot.com/dating_singer...ial_number.htm but I'm not sure if a 15K would by Kilbowie, Clydesbank, Scotland or Elizabethport, NJ. I'm thinking that since it's here in MN it's probably a Jersey Girl. Elizabethport was Singer's largest US factory. If anyone has any better information on where machines were made, I'd love to learn about it.
Yes K is Kilbowie, which is in Clydebank (on the bank of the river Clyde) which is in Scotland. The factory was demolished about 30 years ago.
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