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Originally published in 1939
Some of this information may no longer be current and in that case is presented for historical interest only.
Edited by GET NJ, COPYRIGHT 2003
JOSEPH DIXON CRUCIBLE (not open to public), 167 Wayne St., is the only concern in the world handling a full line of graphite products including crucibles, paints, greases, and motor brushes in addition to millions of pencils. The business was started in 1827 in Salem, Mass., to manufacture graphite products, and shortly afterward moved to ersey City. The production of pencils, now the main item, was an afterthought. Highly specialized machinery puts the graphite and the clay, components of the "lead," through a number of processes lasting several weeks. Other machines shape the lead, encase it between two pieces of grooved cedar, "cure" and shape the erasers, and turn out a finished pencil.
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