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Berlin, Connecticut, USA (Kensington)
American Paper Goods Factory, Kensington, Conn.
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In 1893, the Ajax Envelope Company of New York City and the Howard Manufacturing Company of Jersey City formed the American Paper Goods Company and moved their operations to Kensington in Berlin, where they secured water rights on the Mattabessett River. The company erected a dam, which survives today, and created Paper Goods Pond, now a town park... historicbuildings.ct