Vintage Connecticut - New Britain about 1973
Production Control department picnic on the company grounds of New Britain Machine Company, South Street. There was such a large and private front lawn, it could be used for activities such as this picnic. A group to the right is playing volley ball, and I am standing about at the center of the photo. The main office building is seen in the background, right, and some of the different factory buildings are seen to the left of it. My father worked for this company for over 30 years; Bill and I also worked for New Britain Machine for several years early in our marriage.The offices and factory were originally much closer to the center of New Britain, near active railroad tracks. The company moved to the facility above about 1950, located at the Berlin, Connecticut town line.
"The New Britain Machine Company of New Britain, Connecticut, was established in 1895 as a successor to the J.T. Case Engine Company, a manufacturer of steam engines. The first product it manufactured was a chainsaw mortising machine. Through the years the company produced a variety of machines including bar, chuckers and turning machines, precision boring machines, lathes, hand tools, and injection molding machines. During World War II it manufactured antiaircraft guns. The company was purchased by Litton Industrial Products in 1972 and closed its doors in 1990." doddcenter.uconn.edu/asc/findaids/nbmc/MSS20070049.html
There was also a Hand Tool Division which manufactured high quality tools under the brand names "New Britain", "Husky," and "Black Hawk", and a division which manufactured plastic injection-molding machines. This is the United States when things were manufactured here, and it was inconceivable that things could be otherwise. This is America, the United States, at its best. God Bless America.
Vintage Connecticut - New Britain about 1973
Production Control department picnic on the company grounds of New Britain Machine Company, South Street. There was such a large and private front lawn, it could be used for activities such as this picnic. A group to the right is playing volley ball, and I am standing about at the center of the photo. The main office building is seen in the background, right, and some of the different factory buildings are seen to the left of it. My father worked for this company for over 30 years; Bill and I also worked for New Britain Machine for several years early in our marriage.The offices and factory were originally much closer to the center of New Britain, near active railroad tracks. The company moved to the facility above about 1950, located at the Berlin, Connecticut town line.
"The New Britain Machine Company of New Britain, Connecticut, was established in 1895 as a successor to the J.T. Case Engine Company, a manufacturer of steam engines. The first product it manufactured was a chainsaw mortising machine. Through the years the company produced a variety of machines including bar, chuckers and turning machines, precision boring machines, lathes, hand tools, and injection molding machines. During World War II it manufactured antiaircraft guns. The company was purchased by Litton Industrial Products in 1972 and closed its doors in 1990." doddcenter.uconn.edu/asc/findaids/nbmc/MSS20070049.html
There was also a Hand Tool Division which manufactured high quality tools under the brand names "New Britain", "Husky," and "Black Hawk", and a division which manufactured plastic injection-molding machines. This is the United States when things were manufactured here, and it was inconceivable that things could be otherwise. This is America, the United States, at its best. God Bless America.