A History of the Carriage Industry: Hackettstown, New Jersey by Raymond A. Lemasters
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Table of Contents
- Transportation in Colonial America
- The Early Settlement of Hackettstown and the birth of the Horse Drawn Vehicle Building Trade
- The Factories and Shops
- The Allied Trades: Blacksmiths, Harness Shops, Liverymen, and Wheelwrights
- Workmen Employed in the Carriage Industry
- The Inventors
- The End of an Era
The manufacture of horse-drawn vehicles was a major industry in Hackettstown, New Jersey. This book looks at everything from the birth of the industry, the associated trades, and the end of an era.