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Little Star

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2. Looks like it...

Reply to 2naSalit (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 24, 2015, 01:29 PM

Jan 2015

During the mid-20th century, Saco-Lowell was one of the "big three" cotton textile machinery builders in New England, along with the Whitin Machine Works and the Draper Corporation. While cotton machinery was the company's mainstay, Saco-Lowell also made machinery for the woolen and silk industries.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saco-Lowell_Shops#Company_origins

My father in-law's father was recruited from England when Drapers first opened in Hopedale. I think he was a tool & die maker. Thank gawd for that or I would have never met my husband.

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Fun to look at this New England website... [View all] Little Star Jan 2015 OP

Part of the old 2naSalit Jan 2015 #1

Looks like it... Little Star Jan 2015 #2

I've been browsing that website... 2naSalit Jan 2015 #3

New England has so much beauty to offer anytime of the year.... Little Star Jan 2015 #4

True that. 2naSalit Jan 2015 #5