Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1883 — NAIL WORKS IN THE UNITRD STATES. [ARTICLE]

NAIL WORKS IN THE UNITRD STATES.

The number of works in the United States engaged in the manufacture of cut nails, spikes and tacks is 76, employing altogether 4,323 machines, and the works and machines are divided among 14 States, as follows: Maine, 1 establishment and 30 machines; Massachusetts, 11 establishments and 663 machines; New York, 2 establishments and 55 machines; New Jersey, 2 establishments and 187 machines; Pennsylvania, 28 establishments and 1,366 machines; Virginia, 4 establishments and 86 machines; West Virginia, 6 establishments and 630 machines; Kentucky, 1 establishment and 80 machines; Tennessee, 2 establishments and 102 machines; Ohio, 9 establishments and 625 machines; Indiana, 4 establishments and 182 machines; Illinois, 4 establishments and 264 machines; Nebraska, 1 establishment and 26 machines; Colorado, 1 establishment and 27 machines.