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Mansfield’s Industrial Heritage Through the Years

July 17, 2017August 24, 2023

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  • The National Biscuit Company was located at the corner of 5th and Walnut Streets. (Photo courtesy of Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • Workers take a break to pose for a photo at the Mansfield Power Company. (Photo courtesy of Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • Laborers work at the Mansfield Tire Company in 1919. (Photo courtesy of Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • The Mansfield Tire Company in 1919. (Photo courtesy of Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • The Eclipse Stove Company was once an enormous presence in the community. (Photo courtesy of Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • Humphryes Manufacturing provided a strong local employment base. (Photo courtesy of Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • Mansfield Machine Works on North Diamond Street. (Photo courtesy of Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • This photo of the Ohio Brass Company was taken in 1908. (Photo courtesy of Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • An aerial view of the Ohio Brass Company was captured here in 1925. (Photo courtesy of Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • The Renner Weber Brewery was once a community staple on 4th Street. (Photo courtesy of Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • This was what the Steel Mill looked like in 1915. (Photo courtesy of Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • Westinghouse stood tall in Mansfield in the 1920s. (Photo courtesy of Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • The Aultman Taylor Company was located on North Main Street. (Photo courtesy of Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • The Aultman Taylor logo. (Photo courtesy of Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • The Barnes factory promoted itself as “The most modern-equipped pump factory in the world.” (Photo courtesy of Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • The Baxter Stove factory. (Photo courtesy of Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • The Eclipse Company featured its key employees in this rare 1890 photograph. (Photo courtesy of Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

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