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Wednesday, June 22, 2005

WESTFIELD WHIP MFG. CO


Westfield, MA - Westfield, MA has the nickname "Whip City". In the late 19th Century most of the population of the town was employed in whip making and they produced tens of thousands of whips a day, dominating the US market for riding and buggy whips. There is only one whip manufacturer left there, the Westfield Whip Manufacturing Company. They have the only remaining working 19th century whip braiding machine

Info: www.bullwhip.org
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WESTFIELD WHIP MFG. CO

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