The Eagle Factory, where many of Tinker's machines were in use

ID: 385 ~ Source: Courtesy of the North Adams Public Library.
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The Eagle Factory, where many of Tinker's machines were in use
This file appears in: Giles Tinker

By Suzannah Frey
Giles Tinker was born in 1781 in Lyme, Connecticut, and moved to North Adams in 1802. He was a talented machinist and mechanic who began manufacturing wool carding machines for the mills in town. His was the first machine shop of its kind in the…