The illustrated LaconianHistory and industries of Laconia, of the city and its manufacturing and business interests . x- § x 5 It . ... r. awP -i ^. ?rr /^ THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN. 47 , Cole Manufacturing Company. In 1S27 the foundation of the ColeManufacturing company was laid by thefather of Benjamin J. Cole who movedfrom Franklin with his family in thatyear to Batchelders Mills, now Lake-port, and built a small foundry, doinghis melting in a large kettle with char-coal which he burned in the neighbor-hood ; prior to leaving Franklin he hadbuilt the second foundry erected in
The illustrated LaconianHistory and industries of Laconia, of the city and its manufacturing and business interests . x- § x 5 It . ... r. awP -i ^. ?rr /^ THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN. 47 , Cole Manufacturing Company. In 1S27 the foundation of the ColeManufacturing company was laid by thefather of Benjamin J. Cole who movedfrom Franklin with his family in thatyear to Batchelders Mills, now Lake-port, and built a small foundry, doinghis melting in a large kettle with char-coal which he burned in the neighbor-hood ; prior to leaving Franklin he hadbuilt the second foundry erected in thestate and numbered among his cus-tomers General John Stark of Hooksett. This foundryw as boughtfrom the fatherin 1836 by Ben-jamin J. Coleand two of hisbrothers, but ina few years Ben-jamin J . Colebought the in-terests of hisbrothers, con-ducting the bus-iness under thestyle of B. <S: Co., andthe firm soonbecame wide 1 yknown through-out northernNew Hamp-shire for themanufacture ofparlor andcooking stovesand agriculturalimplements, be-ing in fact the pioneer in this section in those special-ties. In 1852 Mr. Cole acquired land andwater power
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