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Bennington’s Cooper needle tale of a town’s underwear era
Emile Bellemare and dozens of locals powered Bennington’s knitting boom at Cooper Needle, Allen-A, and area mills. The five story Allen-A building on Scott Street later became Union Carbide No 1, while Cooper Co. closed around 1957. Workers recall clean shops, no unions, and a three day wage strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Cooper Co., Inc
the Cooper Co
Sawyer’s Getty Station
Main Street
Emile Bellemare
Bendi
Scott’s Foundry
Thurber’s Garage
Bellemare
Charles Cooper Co
Cooper Needle
Bennington
Charles Keough
The
National Carbon Co
Union Carbide
Cooper
Fred J. Driscoll Jr
North Bennington
Marie Baker
Cooper’s
Laconia
N.H
Atlantic City
John Morrissey
Punch Press
Daniel Hurley
George Rockwood Co
H.E. Bradford Co
EZ Mill
Allen-A Mill
Henry Mayhew
Burt Bros
Elmer Hansen
Allen-A
Hansen
Allen
Holden & Leonard
Benmont Avenue
Cooper Co
Bellemare and Keough
London
Cooper Factory
East Main Street
Mahar
Chuck Sawyer
Getty
Vermont
Keough
Latch Needle
Cooper Knitting Machines