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Old Stone Shop

Wallingford, Vermont
· Built in 1848, by Batcheller & Sons, makers of pitchforks
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For many years after 1808, farm implements were manufactured here. Lyman Batcheller and his sons bought the forge in 1835, and their forks became famous throughout the U.S. and Europe. In 1902 they merged with the firm making True Temper products, which rebuilt the Inn.
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