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1932

Wyomissing, Pennsylvania
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The Berkshire Knitting Mills developed its most famous innovation in the "Reading" Knitting Machine, which was made up of 130,000 finely crafted parts and could be appreciated both as a marvel of engineering and as a fine work of art. By 1932, approximately 10,000 "Reading" Machines were being used in the United States.
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