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Barbed Wire Manufacturing 1837-1938
931 West Lincoln Highway, DeKalb,
IL ,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
41° 55' 52.380012",
-88° 46' 14.099988"
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Illinois State Historical Marker |
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This house, built in 1861, was the home of Joseph Glidden, who in 1873 invented barbed wire fencing. With Phineas W. Vaughn he perfected a machine to manufacture it. DeKalb became the manufacturing center for barbed wire, significant in the development of the west.
Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00 |
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Barbed Wire Manufacturing 1837-1938 Historical Marker Location Map, DeKalb, Illinois Map
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