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Message: [QUOTE="Hunt for 7, post: 5323692, member: 12414"] The Italians that came over during and after WWII were either laborers like masons and other construction or they ended up working in the factories. Central CT when Stanley and Fafnir Bearing were in their hey day was home to many different types of industry. I think the Italians (which I am 100% first generation) were more towards the laborer and construction industry and the Polish immigrants were more skilled as machinists. I know I am generalizing but that was just my experience. My grandfather was a mason and my godfather owned a large fence company that anyone who was driving on the Berlin Tpke in the 80’s, 90’s and early 2000’s would have passed. Look at New Britain and Berlin for a start when it comes to industrial centers. Probably had more factories per square mile than any other state as well. [/QUOTE]