Historic CT Bell Factory Reopens
Their products are a little piece of holiday history. A Connecticut company that was burned out of its factory is back in business, just in the nick of time.
FOX News Radio’s Chris Hoenig has the story:
(Salvation Army Bells)
From the Salvation Army’s bells at the holidays to sleigh bells, wedding bells, doorbells and ship’s bells, Bevin Bros. makes A LOT of bells. A Bevin bell was even featured in the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life.”
(“It’s a Wonderful Life”) “Look, Daddy! Teacher says ‘every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings!”
A fire destroyed Bevin’s 19th-century factory in East Hampton four months ago, but employees are back at it, starting to fill orders from a temporary factory built in a warehouse across the street. About half of the company’s workers are on the job.
East Hampton has been known as Belltown USA – once home to more than 30 bellmakers. Bevin Bros. are the last standing, and vowing to build anew.
Chris Hoenig, FOX News Radio.
