Dodge Fibers is Established

Date Range

January 1, 1955 – January 1, 1955

Title

Dodge Fibers is Established

What occurred

Cleveland E. Dodge buys the factory site for Dodge Fibers, a Teflon/plastics producing company. After this point, the factory site would forevermore be used as a plastics company, which played a major role in the PFOA crisis.

Location

Hoosick Falls, NY

Image Citation

"Village has long history with PFOA," The Record, Feb. 16, 2016.

Student name(s)

Grace Snyder