04:2904:29, 5 October 2011diffhist+79
Charles Goodyear
Although it is mentioned later in the article, in my opinion, it's worth noting that Goodyear perfected and patented vulcanized rubber in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1844 -- after many of his contemporaries in the rubber business had long given up.
02:4702:47, 5 October 2011diffhist+112
New Haven, Connecticut
Charles Goodyear is from New Haven. Goodyear perfected and patented the vulcanization of rubber while living in Springfield, Mass.I corrected the statement to make it known that Goodyear is a New Havener,but the first vulcanization was in Springfield
11:0911:09, 24 August 2011diffhist−384
FIRE economy
This page is heavily slanted toward FIRE economic practices... What do you say about cities like Springfield, Mass, which pursued FIRE economies and went into 30 year depressions before figuring out that they were off in the wrong direction?