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[QUOTE="Orangedontrhyme, post: 4683055, member: 459"]
It was not one factory.  I am 80 years of age, and when I was college age at SU, in the Gloversville and Johnstown area, we had probably 500 businesses serving the tanning and glove making industries, from factories employing over 100 people to one person operations in the garages of their homes.  My grandfather and uncle had a glove making factory on the second floor of a commercial building employing quite a few people.  Then, the brother went back to NYC and grandpa down sized to a shop in the garage with 3 employees, producing fine handmade gloves.  I have his leather cutting shears, 12 inches long.

There were factories all over the place.  But these businesses moved overseas, and the factories could not attract new businesses because of labor costs or because modern manufacturing avoided multi-floor buildings.  Some did find occupants, but many were torn down, especially tanneries which had been polluted by dangerous chemicals.  The tainted land around tanneries had to be dug up and transported to isolated places.

Amsterdam, nearby, had two factories, of two companies, producing carpets, and when they pulled out, it was all over quickly.  Gloversville took longer because of the numerous businesses, and there are still about 20 left, and a couple entities are pretty big and successful.
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