Bridgeport Brass Company

The Bridgeport Brass Company is a former brass company in Bridgeport, Connecticut. It spun wire for the first telephone line which ran from New York City to Boston.[1]

History

Established in 1865, it made brass clock movements before expanding into production of hoopskirt frames, kerosene parlor lamps and kerosene bicycle lamps, incandescent lamp sockets, and copper wire. The company exhibited at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago.[2]

It is one of the Bridgeport companies featured on a print of the city's landmarks in 1882.[3]

In January 1985, the company's employees, Seymour, Connecticut division signed an agreement to buyout the company from its owners to prevent its closure. By this point, the mill was 107 years old and in dire need of repairs and improvements.[4]

Robert Lynn Lambdin did a mural for the company.[5]

The Zuni (rocket) was introduced around 1958 by its Hunter-Douglas division and was named after the North American tribe.[6]

References

  1. ^ "The Bridgeport Brass Company". The Lamp Works. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Lost Landmark-Bridgeport Brass Company, Bridgeport (CT)". Historic Highway Guides. 2012-09-16. Retrieved 2026-02-05.
  3. ^ "Bridgeport, Connecticut 1882". caddopublicationsusa.com.
  4. ^ Bass, Carole (January 20, 1985). "Employee buyout buoys sagging brass industry". The Day. Associated Press. pp. A-10. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  5. ^ "Lambdin, Robert Lynn (1886-1987)". ctstatelibrary.org.
  6. ^ "Rocket, Air-to-Surface, 5 inch FFAR Zuni, HEAT | National Air and Space Museum". airandspace.si.edu. Retrieved 2026-02-05.

3. Encyclopedia of Indianapolis, Bridgeport Brass 1940s-2003

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