Historic New York village that made weapons for 200 YEARS is ‘losing its soul’ as nation’s oldest gun-maker Remington shuts massive firearms factory – leaving entire families jobless
A historic New York village faces ‘losing its soul’ after the nation’s oldest gunmaker, Remington, announced plans to shut its massive firearms factory next month – leaving entire families without work.
Eliphalet Remington forged his first rifle barrel in the village of Ilion in 1816 and over the next two centuries, his business grew into a one million square feet factory with thousands of employees.
But in December, the current Remington owners, RemArms, revealed it was moving operations to gun-friendly Georgia, and making 270 people redundant.
With a population of just 7,600, the factory has long been the town’s main employer.
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