ColchesterTalks.com Free and open access to Colchester's rich history.
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In it's prime, Hayward Rubber generated over $35 million (2005 dollars) in annual sales. It also hastily sold it's prime patent to Goodyear Rubber Company in 1838. Why would a company relocate to Colchester in 1847? At that time, Colchester was a poor site for a factory, for the town was crippled by poor transportation, lack of water and no other industry. (1)
Please click this link for a fuller history. (1) (1) Originally published in the Standard, May 5, 1984 and May 12, 1984 by 11th grader, Ronald Goldstein. |
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The answer to this was love. Louisa Burr convinced her husband,
Nathaniel Hayward, to buy land from her father in Colchester.