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 Monticello village President, John Stenbroten with Laidlaw officials, 1971.</p></h5> 
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 Monticello village President, John Stenbroten with Laidlaw official, 1971.</p></h5> 
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 Monticello village officers with Laidlaw officials, 1971.</p></h5> 
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 Celebrating the completion and opening of the Laidlaw wire hanger plant in Monticello.</p></h5> 
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Laidlaw Corporation broke ground on November 3, 1971, moved their equipment here from Peoria, Ill., and began production on June 26, 1972. The old Woolen Mill bridge is in the background.</p></h5> 
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 Site preparation.</p></h5> 
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 Begining the iron framework.</p></h5> 
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 Completed.</p></h5> 
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 The 48,000 sq. ft. building is located on a five acre site on the northeast corner of the village of Monticello on Pratt Road.</p></h5> 
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 Laidlaw staff</p></h5> 
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Richard Plattner was Plant Manager of the plant when it opened. Later Roderick Nelson was Plant Manager. In August of 1976 Burnell Green was made Manager.</p></h5> 
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 Burnell Green The coat hanger plant employs an average of 45 people and operates three eight hour shifts a day.</p></h5> 
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 Burnell Green</p></h5> 
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 Around three million hangers are manufactured a week at the Monticello plant.</p></h5> 
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 There are about twelve different types of hangers made here which are shipped mostly to the Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis and St. Paul areas.</p></h5> 
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 The plant held its open house on October 28,1972.</p></h5> 
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 The plant held its open house on October 28,1972.</p></h5> 
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