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Site of Pail Factory

 
 
Site of Pail Factory Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, April 21, 2013
1. Site of Pail Factory Marker
Inscription. First factory for making wooden pails and tubs built in 1829, large industry for years. First flat boat stocks built here 1835.
 
Erected 1936 by New York State Education Department.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1829.
 
Location. 42° 5.833′ N, 79° 13.704′ W. Marker is in Jamestown, New York, in Chautauqua County. It is at the intersection of Windsor Street and Harrison Street, on the right when traveling south on Windsor Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Jamestown NY 14701, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, and in the Southern Tier. It is also in the American Northeast, on the Great Lakes, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland,
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and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: First Sash Factory (within shouting distance of this marker); Crescent Tool Company (approx. 0.3 miles away); Roger Tory Peterson (approx. 0.4 miles away); 28 Liberty Street (approx. 0.4 miles away); Site of the Foote Home (approx. 0.4 miles away); First Congregational Church (approx. 0.4 miles away); Quaker School (approx. half a mile away); First Campus of Jamestown Community College (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jamestown.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Site of Methodist Church (was approx. 0.3 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
 
Site of Pail Factory Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, April 21, 2013
2. Site of Pail Factory Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on April 22, 2013, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 765 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on April 22, 2013, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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