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Actually took care of you. they built and provided homes for their employees. schools. the river provided energy. the company provided nearly everything else. >> ed: the heyday is gone. people are definitely struggling to find work. the down just kind of died during the 80s. when the folks came to work, they were immigrants -- >> anthony: attracted by the manufacturing here. >> ed: correct. made it a possibility of owning a home in a real decent part of the county here. ♪ >> ed: so my father w...

They built and provided homes for their employees. schools. the river provided energy. the company provided nearly everything else. >> ed: the heyday is gone. people are definitely struggling to find work. the down just kind of died during the 80s. when the folks came to work, they were immigrants -- >> anthony: attracted by the manufacturing here. >> ed: correct. made it a possibility of owning a home in a real decent part of the county here. ♪ >> ed: so my father was here, a millwright, a mi...

>> ed: so my father was here, a millwright, a millwrights job is a jack of all trades if you will. if there was something that needed to be repaired. >> anthony: you could work in a mill and live in a nice home, send your kids to school, make a living all on a mill salary. >> ed: you bet. >> anthony: its unthinkable now almost. what happened to the business? >> ed: things are going to other countries, but not coming back to the united states. >> anthony: this town became redundant. >> ed: correc...

>> ed: correct. made it a possibility of owning a home in a real decent part of the county here. ♪ >> ed: so my father was here, a millwright, a millwrights job is a jack of all trades if you will. if there was something that needed to be repaired. >> anthony: you could work in a mill and live in a nice home, send your kids to school, make a living all on a mill salary. >> ed: you bet. >> anthony: its unthinkable now almost. what happened to the business? >> ed: things are going to other count...

Everything else. >> ed: the heyday is gone. people are definitely struggling f died work. during the 80s. when the folks came to work, they were immigrants -- >> anthony: attracted by the manufacturing here. >> ed: correct. made it a possibility of owning a home in a real decent part of the county here. ♪ >> ed: so my father was here, a millwright, a millwrights job is a jack of all trades if you will. if there was something that needed to be repaired. >> anthony: you could work in a mill and ...

For their employees. schools, the river provided energy. the company provided nearly everything else. >> the heyday is gone. people are definitely struggling to find work. the town just kind of died during the 80s. >> when the folks came to work, they were immigrants -- >> attracted by the manufacturing here? >> correct. made it a possibility of owning a home in a real decent part of the county here. ♪ >> so my father was here, a millwright, a millwrights job is a jack of all trades if you wil...

>> ed: so my father was here, a millwright, a millwrights job is a jack of all trades if you will. if there was something that needed to be repaired. >> anthony: you could work in a mill and live in a nice home, send your kids to school, make a living all on a mill salary. >> ed: you bet. >> anthony: its unthinkable now almost. what happened to the business? >> ed: things are going to other countries, but not coming back to the united states. >> anthony: this town became redundant. >> ed: correc...

>> anthony: back then, a company town like this, the company actually took care of you. they built and provided homes for their employees. schools. the river provided energy. the company provided nearly everything else. >> ed: the heyday is gone. people are definitely struggling to find work. the down just kind of died during the 80s. when the folks came to work, they were immigrants -- >> anthony: attracted by the manufacturing here. >> ed: correct. made it a possibility of owning a home in a r...

Manufacturing here. >> correct. made it a possibility of owning a home in a real decent part of the county here. ♪ >> so my father was here, a millwright, a millwrights job is a jack of all trades if you will. if there was something to be repaired. >> you could work in a mill and live in a nice home, send your kids to school, make a living all on a mill salary. >> you bet. >> its unthinkable now. what happened to the business? >> things are going to other countries, but not coming back to the ...

Beehive of activity here. >> back then, a company town like this, the company actually took care of you. they built and provided homes for their employees. schools, the river provided energy. the company provided nearly everything else. >> the hayday is gone. people are definitely struggling to find work. the town just kind of died during the 80s. >> when the folks came to work, they were immigrants -- >> attracted by the manufacturing here. >> correct. made it a possibility of owning a home in ...