Richie32
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1835 - Coldbrook Nail & Spike Factory Foundation Remains
Hello there,
My name is Richie Ellis from Saint John NB and am a novice treasure hunter and independent researcher of my cities heavy industrial history. I have been at it for about a year give or take and its been such a very rewarding experience that I find myself becoming obsessive with the places I research. One of my most rewarding places I ever stumbled on was this place, a 175 yr old Factory Foundation.
The supplied picture is of the foundation that is still there from 1835 when it was a grist mill. William Scoville, a a very savy business man, seeing the changes in industry decided to use the grist mill location and turned it into a nail factory, one of the worlds leading supplier's for spikes and nails etc. This is just one of the many many things I have found down there. Its very hard to get people to be interested in this stuff. None of my friends or family care much about history but I believe you have to track it down to understand why things are the way they are in this era.
Its good to find a forum for people just like me.
Thank you very much. This forum looks like its going to be lots of fun as well as educational.
Richie Ellis
Hello there,
My name is Richie Ellis from Saint John NB and am a novice treasure hunter and independent researcher of my cities heavy industrial history. I have been at it for about a year give or take and its been such a very rewarding experience that I find myself becoming obsessive with the places I research. One of my most rewarding places I ever stumbled on was this place, a 175 yr old Factory Foundation.
The supplied picture is of the foundation that is still there from 1835 when it was a grist mill. William Scoville, a a very savy business man, seeing the changes in industry decided to use the grist mill location and turned it into a nail factory, one of the worlds leading supplier's for spikes and nails etc. This is just one of the many many things I have found down there. Its very hard to get people to be interested in this stuff. None of my friends or family care much about history but I believe you have to track it down to understand why things are the way they are in this era.
Its good to find a forum for people just like me.
Thank you very much. This forum looks like its going to be lots of fun as well as educational.
Richie Ellis
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