New Bedford, Massachusetts; its history, industries, institutions and attractions . CHAPTER IV. INDUSTRIAL AND HEN John Loudon, a caulker, camefrom Pembroke to the shores of theAcushnet river, in 1760, to engage inthe building of ships, the foundation ofNew Bedfords mechanical industrieswas laid. Previous to that time anoccasional lonely farmhouse on theCounty road, a try-house near theshore, and a few small sloops in theharbor were the onl\- evidences of in-dustrial activity. But this enterprising caulker, seeking a field forthe expansion of his energies and the bettering of his f
New Bedford, Massachusetts; its history, industries, institutions and attractions . CHAPTER IV. INDUSTRIAL AND HEN John Loudon, a caulker, camefrom Pembroke to the shores of theAcushnet river, in 1760, to engage inthe building of ships, the foundation ofNew Bedfords mechanical industrieswas laid. Previous to that time anoccasional lonely farmhouse on theCounty road, a try-house near theshore, and a few small sloops in theharbor were the onl\- evidences of in-dustrial activity. But this enterprising caulker, seeking a field forthe expansion of his energies and the bettering of his fortunes, set anexample which was closely and quickly followed by Benjamin Taberand John Allen and Barzillai Myrick and Gideon Mosher and ElnathanSampson, every one of them mechanics, who at once were establishedin their various branches of industry and who prospered with thegrowth of the village. From that day to this, first Bedford and thenNew Bedford has always been a place of busy and varied manufac-tures. The course of events at first led its industries into channelswhich were tributary to New Bedfords great ente
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