Smithville

by Dennis McDonald

Book Overview

In 1865, industrialist/inventor Hezekiah Bradley Smith purchased Shreveville, an abandoned textile mill and town located along the Rancocas Creek in Burlington County, for $20,000. He renamed the town Smithville and moved many workers from his Lowell, Massachusetts, plant to the new location, rebuilt the factory, and prepared it for the manufacture of his patented iron woodworking machinery. H.B. Smith began to improve the aging housing in the surrounding...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 146710356X
• ISBN13: 9781467103565
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.6" x 9.2"