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Brass Valley: The Fall of an American Industry (Hardcover)
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Brass Valley: The Fall of an American Industry (Hardcover)
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In this ode to Connecticut's Naugatuck River Valley, vibrant photos
and moving poetry relate the region's legendary industrial history
and ponder its legacy. The story begins in 1802, when two
metalworking families joined forces to manufacture brass. Business
soared during the War of 1812 with the demand for buttons, and soon
brass parts became essential in the age of steam and electricity.
As large-scale brass manufacturing grew across what became known as
Brass Valley, mill towns along the river, such as Torrington and
Waterbury, developed into thriving cultural centers. This continued
until 2014, when the last plant closed, and the tradition of
soot-covered workers charging generations-old furnaces came to an
end. This poignant elegy captures the glowing metal flying through
the air at the Ansonia foundry in its final days, as well as
abandoned opera houses and train tracks, the vestiges of a dying
infrastructure and American way of life.
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