Industrial Development
The Winchester firm had started operations on Union Street in the Wooster Square neighborhood of New Haven, and moved to Bridgeport in 1866. It relocated back from Bridgeport to New Haven in 1870, to the current location in the district. The original buildings which it built are no longer existing The firm grew, having more than 600 employees by 1887 and "well in excess of 1,000" by the early 1900s.
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