Bill Lawrence wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2019 at 3:20pm:


This would be a question for the Chicopee Falls city to answer. But I'd bet that Savage no longer owns the properties. Savage too went through hard times, and bankruptcy and was bought by Ron Coburn in 1995. Ron returned Savage to a privately owned company, and as far as I know doesn't own the old factory buildings and property.
I have a good friend who is a factory sponsored shooter for Savage, and he tells me Ron Coburn is a great guy, and dedicated to making Savage prosper well in the future. If you look at Savage products and support the last two decades it's obvious he's serious about making Savage the top rifle company in the country.

There were two Stevens plants on the Chicopee River. The original plant was the old grist mill they took over when Joshua Stevens started the company. Then as it grew they began a larger building down Main St., which ended up being the buildings we still see there today. 
The larger building(s) were continually added to as the company grew, and eventually took over a huge area along the river. The Google Earth link I posted earlier shows the abandoned plant on the corner of Main and Oak.

oodmoff wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2019 at 8:06pm:


Cities all over the NE are saddled with these abandoned factories & mills. Rather a hopeless situation, as the cost of demolishing them may exceed the value of the land they sit on, esp. if toxic wastes are deposited on the grounds.    

I saw on Google Earth Pro that it took almost 6 years to tear down the last of the buildings S of Oak Street along the river (reservoir, 2010 to 2016). I suspect that was due to a combination of lack of funds and an environmental mess to figure out. Wayne

uscra112 wrote on May 29^th, 2019 at 2:08am:


The general consensus has always been that Westinghouse destroyed the Stevens records. It's been repeated numerous times, and the story has always been told that it was done to cover up war profiteering. But since it was done intentionally they sure didn't document what they did. 
Anyone who wants concrete evidence of the destruction of the Stevens records wont find it. It's not likely people committing a criminal offense would document the crime for posterity. I chuckle when people demand evidence of the records being destroyed. It's like demanding the Mafia show evidence of the hits they made on people.
The fact is there are no Stevens records, so it's pretty obvious the records were destroyed. I doubt they built their guns without documentation. It would be tough to believe that every other maker in the USA kept records, except Stevens. But since the later management was covering up war profiteering they somehow failed to document their destruction of the old records. What were they thinking?