The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . PHILIP L. MOEN. H. CHARLES F. WASHBURN. 46o The Worcester of 1898. the American market. The flat wire used in the manufacture of hoop-skirts was produced in large quantity during the time crinoline was infashion, from about i860 to 1870, and this was succeeded by the enormousdemand and supply of the varieties of barbed wire for fencing. In the last few years several new lines of production have been over ten years the company has made practically all of its higher grades?of steel at its own works, with the best re
The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . PHILIP L. MOEN. H. CHARLES F. WASHBURN. 46o The Worcester of 1898. the American market. The flat wire used in the manufacture of hoop-skirts was produced in large quantity during the time crinoline was infashion, from about i860 to 1870, and this was succeeded by the enormousdemand and supply of the varieties of barbed wire for fencing. In the last few years several new lines of production have been over ten years the company has made practically all of its higher grades?of steel at its own works, with the best results. The yearly output of steelmade by themselves is upwards of 40,000 tons. A great variety of iron and steel cables, hawsers and ropes is made at theQuinsigamond works. With the great evolution in the use of electricity, it was found desirableto create a new department for the manufacture of insulated wires and?cabled conductors. This has developed into a large industry by itself, andthe consumption of copper for insulated wires and for bare wires for tele-graph, telephone and
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