What was it like to work and live in Bridgeport during the past two
centuries? No one could tell us better than the people who worked
on the line in the factories, sold goods behind the counter at a
department store, taught children in local schools, ran a travel
agency, worked as a housewife, drove a truck, or ran one of the
many prosperous businesses that helped Bridgeport grow and develop.
Bridgeport at Work chronicles the working life of Bridgeport, a
center of industry and home to several legendary individuals. P.T.
Barnum, who made Bridgeport his adopted home, began an 1851 project
that established an industrial center in East Bridgeport, spurring
many other companies to set up in this remarkable city. Igor
Sikorsky, Simon Lake, Lucien and I. DeVer Warner, Harvey Hubbell,
Elias Howe, and for a short time even Buckminster Fuller all
produced some of their best work in Bridgeport. World Wars I and II
helped to build the munitions and defense industry in the city, and
companies such as Remington Arms, the Lake Torpedo Boat Company,
and Sikorsky Aircraft thrived. Bridgeport at Work shows the workers
and companies, producing everything from Frisbie pies to firearms,
that made Bridgeport the "Arsenal of Democracy," and an industrial
leader at a crucial time in American history.
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