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Old 03-03-2010, 08:10 PM   #8
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Surprise, surprise, the website www.lwpackard.com for the L W Packard Woolen Mill in Ashland is still operating, even though the mill closed five to seven years ago, and all the machinery was sold off. Be sure to take the CYBER PHOTO TOUR of the mill and the wool products it produced.......and the 300 lost factory jobs.....gone but not forgot...

Just look at the number of Ashland factory workers going from 470 to 135....talk about a big drop! What's in the factory now? As far as I know, it is an empty and vacant building(s) as the wool-making machines were shipped off to factories in China.

For a follow up article, google "NHPR, L W Packard Wool"
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