Inland Massachusetts illustrated A concise résumé of the natural features and past history of the counties of Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin, and Berkshire, their towns, villages, and cities, together with a condensed summary of their industrial advantages and development, and a comprehensive series of sketches descriptive of representative business houses To which is prefixed a short chapter on the Commonwealth at large . pany, situated on the west i)ank of Green river at Greenfield. The works include foundry,forge, and machine shops, and are cc|uippcd with apjiroved machinL-rv and appliances i


Inland Massachusetts illustrated A concise résumé of the natural features and past history of the counties of Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin, and Berkshire, their towns, villages, and cities, together with a condensed summary of their industrial advantages and development, and a comprehensive series of sketches descriptive of representative business houses To which is prefixed a short chapter on the Commonwealth at large . pany, situated on the west i)ank of Green river at Greenfield. The works include foundry,forge, and machine shops, and are cc|uippcd with apjiroved machinL-rv and appliances in alldepartments. (Jnc hundred and forty hands arc employed, and the output compiises a gen-eral line of supcrioi tools and macliincrv of the varieties indicated above. lhc celebrated. and < Ircon Kivcr scitw plates. Lightning bolt-cutters for hand and ]iowcruse, fine taps and dies, reamers and countersinks, punching presses, Green River drillingmachines, tire benders, tire upsetters, liolt and rivet clippers, etc. Their leading siiecialties are -dies and taps doing their work at a single cut, as in the and (Jrecn River screw jilates and bolt cutting machines for hand and need hardly he said that the methods for screw cutting which thev introduced—necessarilyunder great difficulties at first—are now very generally approved and adopted in this country. rrrj-r rffff t / f f r / r fi \^m^mm\m^smm^^^m \ Tf ••;-^___ ^^^^^_^ ,^ Their taps arc all machine relieved, the teeth being chased with absolute precision and INLAND MASSACHUSEITS ILLUSTRATED. 199 uniformity both as to shape and size by special machinery which is believed to be the mostcomplete ui existence, every detail going to make the most perfect taps being carefully


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