This project will entail a study of the barbed wire industry. The research will ultimately be used to establish a website detailing the history of barbed wire and the barbed wire industry. Historical records relating to the history of barbed wire will be located and analyzed. At one time, Worcester was one of the largest barbed wire manufacturers. Barbed wire played a crucial role in the settlement of the West and the development of the city of Worcester. The invention and production of barbed wire had a tremendous influence on the and prosperity of Worcester.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Tremblay, Richard John

Subject

• Industry
• Culture

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050409-201742

Keyword

• Web sites--Design and construction
• Historic preservation

Advisor

• Dempsey, James

Year

• 2009

Date created

• 2009-05-04

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright