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was completed, allowing the company much easier access to these markets. The company grew rapidly during this time, and by the early 1850s, it employed 250 men and contained about 10 acres devoted to manufacturing. James
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since 1750). A second slitting mill was added in 1793. By 1795, the Lazell brothers were manufacturing over 445 tons of iron per year. Jacob
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Leading pursuits and leading men: A treatise on the principal trades and manufactures of the United States; E. Young, 1856
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on the site - the second mill in the country to be erected after the end of the
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