The Manufacturing Past of Burlington's Lakeside Avenue

Date: Sunday January 23, 2016 at 2PM
Place: Vermont Energy Investment Co. offices at The Innovation Center, 128 Lakeside Avenue (Park and enter on the north side of the building, and take the elevator to the 4th floor)
Speaker: Kyle Obenauer

Since the end of the 19th century, Lakeside Avenue has been home to companies that have produced world-renowned ovens, cotton textiles, small machinery, such as coin machines and small gasoline engines, as well as land, sea, and air systems for the U.S. military. This talk will examine the manufacturing past of Burlington's Lakeside Avenue, focusing on the former Queen City Cotton Mill, its worker housing, and Blodgett Ovens.
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