. Picturesque Burlington : a handbook of Burlington, Vermont, and Lake Champlain . ng city. Manyof industries have established more than local fame, amongthe best known of which are the Burlington Woolen Mills, whoseproduct is known far and wide as the best of its in the world;the products of Wells & Co., the \enetian Blind Co.,and the Baldwin Refrigerator Co. The cotton mills of the Bur-lington Cotton Company are conspicuous among the citys pros-perous industries. On manufactures and her carefully con-ducted interests, Burlingtons future stands secur
. Picturesque Burlington : a handbook of Burlington, Vermont, and Lake Champlain . ng city. Manyof industries have established more than local fame, amongthe best known of which are the Burlington Woolen Mills, whoseproduct is known far and wide as the best of its in the world;the products of Wells & Co., the \enetian Blind Co.,and the Baldwin Refrigerator Co. The cotton mills of the Bur-lington Cotton Company are conspicuous among the citys pros-perous industries. On manufactures and her carefully con-ducted interests, Burlingtons future stands secure. PICTURESQ UE B URLLXG TON. 159 Manufacturing. Situated at the most important point wherethe railroad system of the State touches I^ake Champlain;—the ter-minus of railroads rtuming to the seaboard and the commercialcentres of New York, Boston, Portland, Montreal and the West ;—connected by lake navigation with the entire Champlain valley andeastern New York ;—the outlet, with ample railroad connections,of the rich vallevs of the Winooski and Lamoille rivers and the. GALLOXS PAINES CELERY COMPOUXD. most fertile counties ot western \ermont ; with ample waterpower within its limits, with coal dumped on its docks, directfrom the coal fields, as cheaply as on the Hudson, and water-works suppl}-ing water under a powerful head, with a great waterpower at the gorge delivered in the city by electric wires. Burling- j6o PICTURESQUE BURLINGTON. ton affords unsurpassed facilities for mercantile and manufacturingbusiness. These rich opportunities have already been largely utilized aswill readily be seen upon investigation. It is not the province ofthis book to give a description of all the industries of Burlington,as that would require more space than could be spared in such awork. But in order to show the importance of the cit}- as a manu-facturing center, and the character of its business, this chapter willinclude ]:)rief accounts of a few establishments, mercantile andmanu
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