Nathan Peabody Ames and James Tyler Ames arrived from Chelmsford. The Ames Company would eventually produce a variety of metal products. both military and industrial. They were soon Joined by Alonso Philips of Hartford. who with Daniel Monroe Chapin developed Americas first friction match industry. Benning Levitt started a bobbin shop. and Steven Bemis organized a hardware business here in Factory Village. From Springfield. Edmund Dwight came to develop the Dwight Textile Mills in Cabotville. In 1832 a number of Irish immigrants came to Chicopee to work on the canals and to help construct the railroad. In 1849. Irish labor helped to construct the Connecticut River Railway.
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