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NEW HARTFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY Please stop in to visit us and consider
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fees are $20 for Individual, $25 for
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Mohawk Containers Exterior view Mohawk Containers Interior Historical Society is a non-profit, tax
fees are $20 for Individual, $25 for
becoming a member. Membership
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families, $50 for Contributing and
From Canning to Boxing – 65½ Decades of Manufacturing deductible organization.
fees are $20 for Individual, $25 for
becoming a member. Membership
families, $50 for Contributing and
fees are $20 for Individual, $25 for
Mohawk Containers was located on Campion Road in the village (across from the Post Office) and was the $100 for Corporate members. The
Planning a
$100 for Corporate members. The
families, $50 for Contributing and
largest of 20 or so major box plants in Upstate New York. The company started in January of 1946 on Seneca Historical Society is a non-profit, tax
Historical Society is a non-profit, tax
deductible organization.
Street in Utica with six employees, a partnership of J. Milton Forward (1895-1980) and Virgil H. Masters Class Reunion?
$100 for Corporate members. The
deductible organization.
(1912-1969). Together they brought a combined 37 years of experience, previously working for the former Historical Society is a non-profit, tax
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building on Campion Road. The Canning Company had dissolved several years earlier. Prior to the purchase, Class Reunion?
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the Utica Burial Vault Company operated out of the building as well as the Hughes-French Co. of Utica, who Make the Historical Society Museum a
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leased warehouse space there. The plant was enlarged multiple times over the years. Saturday of your reunion for your
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They produced corrugated packaging in a wide variety of shapes. Each package was custom-made for a part of your itinerary! Schedule the
$100 for Corporate members. The
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particular use and a particular customer. Engineering and design of the package was an important part of the Saturday of your reunion for your
yearbooks, scrap books, local relics
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services offered. Over the years the business continually expanded eventually growing to 175,000 square Saturday of your reunion for your
deductible organization.
feet of space. Sophisticated machinery was used to form board, core, print, and cutting. On site design, and photos. Look up your New
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Hartford home!
engineering and testing facilities were extensive. In 1958 Virgil Masters acquired full control subsequently yearbooks, scrap books, local relics
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and photos. Look up your New
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Mohawk Containers sold to a wide variety of producers of goods with a need for packaging. Diamond sold Hartford home!
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its packaging, container, paperboard and graphic arts divisions (which included Mohawk Containers) to a Call 315-724-7258 to schedule your
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joint venture of Jefferson Smurfit of Dublin, Ireland, and Clark Holdings Inc. of Chicago, in 1982. The sale group.
price was approximately $80 million. At that time, Mohawk Containers was the sixth-oldest box plant in the group to explore our collection of
country. Jefferson Smurfit operated out of the New Hartford location until 2011. yearbooks, scrap books, local relics
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