Burrage Yale was an American tin ware manufacturer and Justice of the Peace from Wakefield, Massachusetts. He was the town treasurer and the largest employer in the city. He gave his name to Yale Avenue and Yale Fire Station. He was also the first postmaster recognized in Washington, D. C., and the cofounder of South Reading Academy, with abolitionist minister, Cyrus P. Grosvenor.
Michigan Exchange Hotel, Detroit, property of Harvey P. Yale's relative, Capt. Lyon
Handwritten letter of Burrage Yale to an employee in 1852
One of Burrage Yale's factories in Wakefield, Massachusetts, became the Thomas Emerson Shoe Factory
Example of covered wagons used by 100s of Yale's peddlers, selling tin ware products across New England
American Precision Museum
The American Precision Museum is located in the renovated 1846 Robbins & Lawrence factory on South Main Street in Windsor, Vermont. The building is said to be the first U.S. factory at which precision interchangeable parts were made, giving birth to the precision machine tool industry. In recognition of this history, the building was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1966. In 1987, the building was recognized by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers as an International Heritage Site, and the collection was recognized as an International Heritage Collection. For each of these designations, the armory was considered a site where pivotal events occurred in the history of American industry, as well as a place that lends itself to comprehensive interpretation of that history.
The American Precision Museum
Robbins Workshop Windsor
Genealogy of Robbins & Lawrence
The armory complex in Windsor during the Civil War, of Lamson, Goodnow & Yale
