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Glossary · Shoemaking

Goodyear machine

The welt-stitching machinery developed in the 1870s by Charles Goodyear Jr. It made welted construction producible in quantity, which is what turned a repairable shoe from a luxury into a category and built Northampton's modern industry.

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TechniqueGoodyear weltingHistoryHow men's shoes reached their present formCityNorthamptonTechniqueHand weltingTechniqueThe lastTechniqueTanningTechniqueHand lastingTechniqueBlake stitchingTechniqueNorwegian constructionGlossary termWeltGlossary termVampGlossary termCemented construction

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