ONE OF THE FIRST INDUSTRIES IN NEW ENGLAND WAS THE HARVESTING OF CRANBERRIES. ED BUT IT’S WHAT WAS DISCOVERED UNDER THOSE BOGS, IRON ORE, THAT SPARKED A DIFFERENT BUSINESS. THE MANUFACTURING OF NAILS.
From before biblical times, through the 1700s, nails were hand wrought, forged one at a time. The time consuming process made nails a valuable commodity—so much so that nails were sometimes used as a ...