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Waterbury Brass Company

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The archaeological remains of its plant are located in the southeast part of Hamilton Park. Although one much-altered building remained of the complex when the site was listed on the National Register in 1975, now only wall fragments and turbine pits survive as detectable remnants of the site.
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The Waterbury Brass Company was founded in 1846, by a group of businessmen led by Israel Holmes, a Waterbury industrialist who had previously engaged in other brass works. The company acquired a water privilege on the
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valley. Its plant continued to be used until 1905, when the major buildings were dismantled.
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in 1899; this company was formed by the merger of most of the major brassmakers in the
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in 1899. Archaeological remains of its manufacturing facility, located in Waterbury's
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Site of the Waterbury Brass Mill factory in Hamilton Park
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Waterbury Brass Mill
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Waterbury Brass Company is located in Connecticut
Waterbury Brass Company is located in the United States
Waterbury, Connecticut
41°32′26″N 73°01′04″W / 41.54056°N 73.01778°W / 41.54056; -73.01778 (Waterbury Brass Mill)
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Waterbury, Connecticut
American Brass Company
Hamilton Park
National Register of Historic Places
Mad River
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American Brass Company
Naugatuck River


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service



"National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Waterbury Brass Mill"
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