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Old Hat Factory LbNA #44839

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Dec 7, 2008
Location:
City:Amesbury
County:Essex
State:Massachusetts
Boxes:1
Planted by:MikeH
Found by: Cricket's Crew
Last found:Feb 15, 2009
Status:Faa
Last edited:Nov 23, 2015
History: The Merrimack Hat Factory at its peak produced more head gear than any of its competitors. The Merrimack Hat Factory was the leading hat manufacturer in the world. The collection includes dozens of vintage Merrimac fashions, from broad-brim beaver hats and fedoras to Girl Scouts caps, an original Mouseketeers beanie, and some smart little rolled-brim hats endorsed by a very young Elizabeth Taylor. It is also a resource for the families of the thousands of people who worked in the company's factories and offices over the decades, from its founding in 1856 to its closing in the early 1970s. The company's riverfront mill buildings, listed on the Massachusetts Register of Historic Places, are now the Hatters Point Condominiums. The Merrimac Hat Corp. is a large part of Amesbury’s history. It was incorporated in 1856 and was continuously productive for 115 years, closing in 1971. 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.

Directions: Go onto Rt. 495 south. Get off on exit 54 to Amesbury. When you get off the highway take a left toward the junkyard. Drive .5 miles the you will come to a blinking red and yellow light, take a left. Go down the hill. Take a left at the brick building. Drive 100ft and pull into the parking lot

Clues: Walk to the fence with fur posts near the hill. Walk approx. 150ft. up the hill and look for the huge tree there is three of them. The tree that you want will have three big branches sticking out of it. The letter box will be on the hilltop side of the tree.

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