A special thanks to the North Adams Transcript, North Adams Public Library and the North Adams Historical Society for the excellent help they gave us in this project. An additional thanks to Miss. Krista Pinsonneault for the help she gave. Thanks to Fallon Preite for the information her site provided to help ours.
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http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/10/77/23107710.jpg
http://digital.lib.lehigh.edu/beyondsteel/images/factories.jpg
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http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/slideshow.php?id=47043