Ball & Socket Factory, Cheshire
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id: CT047-S01
title: Preservation Connecticut: Ball and Socket
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Source reviewed September 2026
institution: Ball & Socket Factory, Cheshire
summary: Supporting source for the collection’s history, chronology and research notes. A small manufactured object connects Cheshire to industrial production, work and modern reuse.
url: https://connecticutmills.org/find/details/ball-and-socket-mfg.-co
credit: Preservation Connecticut
notes: External source; the full publication remains with its publisher. The archive provides an original educational summary and a link. See the collection history for the claims supported by this record.
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id: CT047-S02
title: NEH: Ball & Socket Arts project application
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Source reviewed September 2026
institution: Ball & Socket Factory, Cheshire
summary: Supporting source for the collection’s history, chronology and research notes. A small manufactured object connects Cheshire to industrial production, work and modern reuse.
url: https://www.neh.gov/sites/default/files/inline-files/Ball%20and%20Socket%20Arts.pdf
credit: NEH
notes: External source; the full publication remains with its publisher. The archive provides an original educational summary and a link. See the collection history for the claims supported by this record.
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id: CT047-P01
title: Ball and Socket Manufacturing Co, West Cheshire CT
kind: Photographs
date: 2024-04-24 11:16:40
institution: Ball & Socket Factory, Cheshire
summary: Ball & Socket Manufacturing Co., West Cheshire Connecticut
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ball_and_Socket_Manufacturing_Co,_West_Cheshire_CT.jpg
credit: John Phelan / CC BY 4.0
notes: Reuse permitted under CC BY 4.0; credit the creator, link the license, and identify changes. Image supplied at web resolution; no editorial changes to the source image.
file: images/ball_socket-147875117.jpg
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license_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
external_image_url: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Ball_and_Socket_Manufacturing_Co%2C_West_Cheshire_CT.jpg
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id: ED-IG-BS-01
title: Ball and Socket Manufacturing Company courtyard
kind: Photographs
date: undated modern photograph
institution: Ball & Socket Factory, Cheshire
summary: The buildings at 493 West Main Street show the scale and layered construction of Cheshire's former Ball and Socket works.
url: https://connecticutmills.org/find/details/ball-and-socket-mfg.-co
credit: Not identified / Preservation Connecticut, Making Places
notes: Available at the linked repository; image or full record is not included in this download. Do not date photograph from image filename; do not repeat 1981 survey's 'still operates' as current fact. Reuse: link-only; no open license found; Record lists photographer/date as not available; no open license.
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id: ED-IG-BS-02
title: Ball and Socket Factory, Cheshire, Conn.
kind: Photographs
date: undated postcard
institution: Ball & Socket Factory, Cheshire
summary: A postcard presents the Ball and Socket factory as a recognizable Cheshire landmark.
url: https://greenerpasture.com/Places/Details/309
credit: Publisher not identified / GreenerPasture historical postcard gallery
notes: Available at the linked repository; image or full record is not included in this download. Secondary image host; retain as link-only pending original postcard identification. Reuse: link-only; publisher/date/rights not established; No verified publication date or open license.
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