BUGGY WHIP FACTORY

Southfield, MA - The Old Buggy Whip Factory is now antique shops, but it didn't start out that way. Turner and Cook began as a small tanning operation near the Umpachene River in the late 18th century and grew into a large enterprise at its present site. The company specialized first in rawhide whip cores, then, as the demand for buggy whips faded, the company switched to belt pins and rawhide mallets. Later the site became a factory for furniture, then fabrics, then sweaters.

Info from: www.berkshires.com