- New England Butt Company
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New England Butt Company
Location: Providence, Rhode Island Coordinates: 41°48′54″N 71°25′22″W / 41.815°N 71.42278°WCoordinates: 41°48′54″N 71°25′22″W / 41.815°N 71.42278°W Built: 1865 Architect: Read,Spencer P. Architectural style: No Style Listed Governing body: Private MPS: Elmwood MRA NRHP Reference#: 80000001
[1]Added to NRHP: January 7, 1980 New England Butt Company is a historic factory building at 304 Pearl Street in Providence, Rhode Island.
The building was constructed in 1865 by Spencer P. Read. The New England Butt Company manufactured machinery for braiding and stranding wire. Many of the machines are still used today by wire companies throughout the world.
The New England Butt Company factory building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The drawings for all of the stranding machinery were sold to Watson Machinery International in Paterson, New Jersey in the mid 1980's. The drawings for all of the braiding machines were sold to Wardwell Braiding Company in Central Falls, Rhode Island, at the same time.[2]
Watson went out of business in 2001 and the drawings were purchased by Kinrei of America, LLC. Today, information about the older stranding machines is available through Kinrei of America, LLC, in Wayne, New Jersey.[2]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b For further information about the stranding machines please contact sales at www.kinreiusa.com (accessed December 3, 2008).
See also
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- Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
- Buildings and structures in Providence, Rhode Island
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