“Sears, Roebuck and Co.,[4] commonly known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck and reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald. What began as a mail ordering catalog company migrated to opening retail locations in 1925, the first in Chicago,Continue reading “EMPTY SEARS STORE AT UNIVERSITY MALL IN SOUTH BURLINGTON, VERMONT”
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Slate History Trail – COMPANY STORE with WORKER BELL! – Bomoseen State Park, Vermont: Part 3
“…All three buildings were built in the mid-1880’s. The house to the left was the company store, built of slate and laid in cement. The store was also the company office and post office. The front of the building retains its bell, used to ring starting and quitting times at the quarries and mills. TheContinue reading “Slate History Trail – COMPANY STORE with WORKER BELL! – Bomoseen State Park, Vermont: Part 3”
Slate History Trail – GHOST TOWN MILLS – Vermont: Part 2
This video is ALL about the 2 mills. The first one was a sawmill and we’re looking from the road into the woods at ruins. The second was a slate mill and we’re following the trail into those woods to see what’s left of the 1868 structure. I’m so close, I could have touched it! Continue reading “Slate History Trail – GHOST TOWN MILLS – Vermont: Part 2”
Tanker Train Cars!
I filmed today’s video, https://youtu.be/JOQPtWfaGcQ, down at the Waterfront in Burlington, VT. Those tanker cars called my name. You’ll see multiple switch tracks, a lever mechanism, which does the switching, tracks side-by-side, extra rail tracks(!) stacked (for installation?)and LOTS of tanker cars…some up close!! I had never heard of Thiele-Kaolin, whose name was on theContinue reading “Tanker Train Cars!”
Corporation Hall
Greetings All! This is Patricia and I am Traveling for History! Today’s video, link here: https://youtu.be/2kmLEr8bDG8, is about the Corporation Hall in Winooski, VT. It was built by the Burlington Woolen Company, owner of the Champlain Mill. Link here to that video: The first floor initially consisted of a “company store”, which was designed afterContinue reading “Corporation Hall”