Sandwich Manufacturing in 1885

Map of the  Northwest portion of Sandwich showing the Sandwich Manufacturing Company as it appeared in 1885.  It would continue to grow, and a 1913 newspaper article tells us it  covered  14 acres on this site, and also a five acre lumber storage yard on the East side of town







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