Middleport, New York
History of the Basket Factory
Back as early as 1886, the factory owned by Sylvester Evans and Henry McClean turned out some 2000 baskets daily. By 1893, James Hulihan and Thomas Conley owned the.
Back as early as 1886, the factory owned by Sylvester Evans and Henry McClean turned out some 2000 baskets daily.
By 1893, James Hulihan and Thomas Conley owned the Royalton Basket Company which supplied local fruit farmers with different size baskets ranging from berry baskets to fruit crates. The logs were floated down the canal and held in the log pond until they were needed. The lower level of the building was used to cut the logs into strips while the assembling of the baskets took place on the top floor.
Deliveries of the finished baskets were made by horse and wagon to local farmers. Owners of the business at its closing in 1934 were James and Timothy O’Shaughnessey.
Today we look forward to once again having the building in use as the Basket Factory Restaurant.
*See this article about the Basket Factory Restaurant re-opening.
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