Making a Living / Gagner sa vie

During the post Civil War period of industrial expansion, Colonel Philo Hersey and two business partners built an imposing shoe factory in Belfast. At peak production, over 500 workers stood side by side producing several thousand pairs of shoes and boots every day. Shoe making was the economic mainstay of Belfast industry before chicken processing plants opened in the 1940s. Plagued by an aging building and continuing labor difficulties, the factory closed in 1962 and was dismantled in 1965. Two shoe factories continued in more modern facilities until the early 1980s. The shoe weathervane that originally graced the tower is now part of the Belfast Museum collection.

Belfast, Maine · United States