History of Rutland, Vermont / History of towns in United States

[@JohnStark72]

I remember when what is now the downtown shopping center & Wal Mart was the rail yard & roundhouse. Back then, Wales Street was paved with cobblestones and trolley rails ran down the center of it.

[@consumerwatch7479]

Rutland VT is a beautiful city

[@JohnStark72]

Rutland is very run down, compared to what it was in the late 1950s through the 1960s. It was booming back then.

[@consumerwatch7479]

@@JohnStark72 Very true definitely could use new industry and new repairs

[@JohnStark72]

@@consumerwatch7479 Industry is important. The retail sales nosedived in the 1990s, leaving a lot of empty downtown space. The only way to rebuild that is to provide industrial employment that pays well and puts more Vermonters back to work. Retail & services will follow. Too bad marble & jet engine buyers took a hike. That's what carried the city for decades. Even West Rutland was booming at one time.

[@consumerwatch7479]

@@JohnStark72 True But there have been some improvements A furniture factory opened which is part of New England woodcraft and Ann Clark cookie cutters are doing well there's also been a slight improvement in Retail sales as new stores are opening however I believe there needs to be a more diverse economy in Rutland as Burlington also has tech fueling employment

[@JohnStark72]

@@consumerwatch7479 I also bear bad tidings regarding employment: OMYA is secretly planning to close all operations in Vermont.

[@Scribe8472]

They show the Community College of Vermont as "Commercial Electrical Contractors" and that's incorrect.

[@carrollpaul6104]

Great presentation..

[@Scribe8472]

The Community College of Vermont (CCV) was labeled as an electrical company, otherwise a very nice job.

[@marytrepanier7148]

awesome work

[@history_channel6719]

Thank you!

[@lindawoody8501]

I have never visited as I live on the West Coast. My ancestors lived in both Mendon and Rutland in the 19th Century and moved to California in their last few years.

[@MrReymoclif714]

Walmart parking lot was 20 railroad tracks wide!!!! Everywhere railroad tracks!!! HoweScale.

[@carynmartin6053]

fantastic!

[@abbynormal206]

great then and now photos

[@youngchopin1413]

this is amazing

[@timgillam4199]

Commercial Electrical Contractors? That's CCV, a B&W photo and a color photo. It used to be a stewarts

[@avenueb]

I went there recently and saw they built a big ugly walmart strip mall across from the town where everyone shops

[@lmmatgaming]

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