Connecticut as a colony and as a state; or, One of the original thirteen; . this specialty resulted in the com-pany securing a large foreign trade. About this time theypurchased the plant of Wallace & Sons at Ansonia, wherebraziers, copper sheathings, cornices, wire, etc., were manu-factured. The foundation of the city of Ansonia was laid by AnsonG. Phelps in 1844, in the establishment of the Ansonia Manu-facturing Company. This pioneer copper industry, throughthe efforts of its founder, consolidated with the BirminghamCopper Mills; a reorganization took place in 1869, whenthe name of the Anso
Connecticut as a colony and as a state; or, One of the original thirteen; . this specialty resulted in the com-pany securing a large foreign trade. About this time theypurchased the plant of Wallace & Sons at Ansonia, wherebraziers, copper sheathings, cornices, wire, etc., were manu-factured. The foundation of the city of Ansonia was laid by AnsonG. Phelps in 1844, in the establishment of the Ansonia Manu-facturing Company. This pioneer copper industry, throughthe efforts of its founder, consolidated with the BirminghamCopper Mills; a reorganization took place in 1869, whenthe name of the Ansonia Brass and Copper Company wasadopted. The plant covers over sixteen acres, and is dividedinto four sections, which are known as the copper, wire, brassand lamp fixtures, and insulating mills. The New Haven Copper Company of Seymour was firstestablished under the title of the Humphreysville Manufac-turing Company; it operates a branch mill at East NewHaven, and braziers, sheeting copper, polished copper, etc.,are among its productions. The Birmingham Brass Com- 244.
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