New Britain (Revised)
Palmer, Arlene C.![New Britain (Revised)](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/205/20578290/CHSBZCOP0320578290.jpg)
New Britain was once known as the "Hardware Capital of the World, " and it is this that has made the city famous. But as well as its rich industrial history, New Britain has a diverse and dynamic cultural heritage. As its name suggests, the town was originally settled by people of British descent, but in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century it became a haven for immigrants fleeing oppression or economic hardship in Ireland, Germany,...