New England Factory Bell
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: Davis & Furber, a manufacturer of textile machinery for working wool, installed this bell at its factory in North Andover, Massachusetts, in the nineteenth century. Bells like this commonly tolled the hours of the day and alerted workers to their schedule at the factory.
label: Description
content: The company began in 1832 as Sawyer, Phelps & Co. in Andover, Massachusetts, moved to North Andover in 1836 and manufactured machinery there until 1982. Various other partnerships preceded the formation of Davis & Furber, incorporated in 1883.
label: Description
content: References:
label: Description
content: Helena E. Wright, <i>The Merrimack Valley Textile Museum: a guide to the manuscript collections</i>, (New York: Garland, 1983).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Timekeeping
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanisms
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content: Work
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content: Measuring & Mapping
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0322.01
label: accession number
content: 1997.0322
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0322.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: factory bell, new england
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 1/2 in x 19 1/8 in; 57.15 cm x 48.5902 cm