From Norton to Saint-Gobain, 1885-2006: Grinding Labor Down From: Historical Journal of Massachusetts | Date: July 1, 2006| Author: Cohen, Bruce | Copyright Institute of Massachusetts Studies Summer 2006. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

The Norton Company dates back to 1858 when two Bennington Vermont men, Franklin Norton and Frederick Hancock, founded a pottery shop in Worcester, Massachusetts. The shop was relocated to 41 Water Street after its original location on Washington Square was undermined by railroad construction. While the making of jugs, mugs, crocks, and pitchers was the firm's line, matters changed after the hiring of Swedish immigrants from Hoganas, an industrial community.1

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