Today I visited the Charles River Museum of Industry in Waltham, Massachusetts. The building was first used as a textile manufacturing plant in 1814, the first manufacturing plant in America (the founder stole British power loom plans by memorizing them). Later watches were manufactured in the building, and bicycles, and cars. I'll post some pictures of the Orient bicycles built there from 1893 to the early 1900s. Several tandems were on display and some single bikes and a pair of wheels with wooden rims. They were said to be favorites of racers in the 1890 because they were the lightest available. The ones on display were all fixed gear bikes.
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05-09-2008, 02:14 PM #1
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Orient Bicycles 1893
Last edited by DebW; 10-19-2008 at 06:33 PM.
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