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Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA (Ashaway) (Hope Valley)
Ashaway Line and Twine Factory, Ashaway, R.I.
1824 - Ashaway Line & Twine Mfg. Co., was founded by Captain Lester Crandall who manufactured fishing line. He devised and perfected several line-making machines.
1939 - Ashaway produced the first commercial nylon product in the world - fishing line - when a then young company, DuPont, was looking for a use for its new filament.
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 (Hope Valley) - Ashaway Line and Twine Factory, Ashaway, R.I.
1824 - Ashaway Line & Twine Mfg. Co., was founded by Captain Lester Crandall who manufactured fishing line. He devised and perfected several line-making machines.
1939 - Ashaway produced the first commercial nylon product in the world - fishing line - when a then young company, DuPont, was looking for a use for its new filament.
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