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Amesbury >
Merrimac Hat Factory
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This location has been labeled as Demolished, and therefore can be viewed by anyone.
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Old abandoned hat factory on the Merrimac river. Fairly large. Really nice brick work. Also half of the building is elderly housing at Hatter's Point.
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Type: Building
Status: Demolished
Accessibility: - select -
Recommendation: forget it
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unsafe flooring
old people
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Cool brickwork, Amesbury also has a small, but interesting, museum of hats that were made at the Merrimac Hat Factory located at: 9 Water St. Amesbury MA 01913. Last bit of it was demolished early 2016.
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fences
locked gates
wooden boarding
cameras
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flashlight
long pants / sleeves
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Crafted and sold more hats than any of it's competitors at one point. In April of 1899 the workers went on strike due to the wage they were being paid, eventually they went back to work. During the 1940s Merrimac Hat Corp. was the largest manufacturer of trimmed hats and hat bodies in the nation. It employed 2,100 people in seven factories in the U.S. and Canada.However in 1950 the price of wool to make the hats became too expensive and the factory was shut down.
Early 2000's the right hand side of the building was renovated and turned into 80 condominiums dedicated to those over the age of 55. These condos became known as Hatter's Point. There is also a marina for the residents of the condos behind the building.
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in 2008 the plans for phase 2, which is renovating the rest of the building were OKed. However since the economy has been bad the plans have been put on hold until further notice. December 2010 construction crews started to tear down a large portion of the old half of the building to start on the second phase to add more condos for the elderly.
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This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
Explorer Zero on 10/6/2016 11:33 PM.
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on Oct 6 16 at 23:33, Explorer Zero validated this location
on Oct 4 16 at 18:36, Carrier_X changed the following: Status, Accessibility, Interesting Features
on Oct 4 16 at 18:35, Carrier_X made this location public
on Jan 5 11 at 5:14, Steed validated this location
on Jan 4 11 at 16:10, Carrier_X changed the following: Status, Recommendation, Future Plans
on Oct 7 10 at 23:22, Opheliaism validated this location
on Oct 7 10 at 20:43, Carrier_X changed the following: Security Measures
on Aug 9 10 at 8:45, Opheliaism conditionally validated this location
on May 4 10 at 1:35, Steed conditionally validated this location
on May 3 10 at 21:40, Carrier_X added some pictures to a gallery
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