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LL Bean Factory

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Today we took a trip to LL Bean's factory in Brunswick.  There were 5 different spots in the factory.  One was a bike shop where they put together bikes, put them in boxes, and shipped them to people.  Another spot was where they made Boat and Tote bags.  It was cool to see how they assembled them and we saw how they customized them.  The sewing machines moved super fast.  This place also makes the dog beds.  They pump up sacks with fluffy fluff.  They looked liked life rafts and seemed very comfortable.  They also had an embroidery section where you stich names or initials on something.  Probably the most famous LL Bean product are the boots. At this factory they make the boots from scratch.  We saw them press the hides and cut out the parts.  Then they sewed it together.  There is also a place where they fix old boots.  People send their old boot from everywhere to be fixed. They may have old soles or the rubber may have come loose.  They saw off the old sole and put a new one on.  The workers told us that people had left lots of money in a boot and an engagement ring.  The workers found them when they fixed the boots.  Since we went on election day we voted on the best station.  We will share the results soon.

We want to thank all the people who work at the LL Bean factory in Brunswick.  They were awesome and we saw a lot!

We went to the factory because we are studying the Industrial Revolution.  This was a modern version.  In Counting on Grace we are reading about the old ways.

                                                                      Nicholas, Theo, Oliver, Amber, Aidan, and Simon

 

 

 

 

 
 

Here are the results of our voting at LL Bean's factory:  Dog Bed Liners were the winner with 27 votes,  Maine Hunting Shoe with 11 votes, Boat and Totes with 10 votes and Bikes with 5 votes


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