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Brass Valley
- The Fall of an American Industry
Engelsk Hardback

Brass Valley

- The Fall of an American Industry
Engelsk Hardback

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In this ode to Connecticut’s Naugatuck River Valley, vibrant photos and moving poetry relate the region’s legendary industrial history and ponder its legacy. The story begins in 1802, when two metalworking families joined forces to manufacture brass. Business soared during the War of 1812 with the demand for buttons, and soon brass parts became essential in the age of steam and electricity. As large-scale brass manufacturing grew across what became known as Brass Valley, mill towns along the river, such as Torrington and Waterbury, developed into thriving cultural centers. This continued until 2014, when the last plant closed, and the tradition of soot-covered workers charging generations-old furnaces came to an end. This poignant elegy captures the glowing metal flying through the air at the Ansonia foundry in its final days, as well as abandoned opera houses and train tracks, the vestiges of a dying infrastructure and American way of life.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
240
ISBN-13:
9780764349300
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0764349309
Udg. Dato:
22 okt 2015
Længde:
29mm
Bredde:
310mm
Højde:
242mm
Forlag:
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Oplagsdato:
22 okt 2015
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