Editing U.S. Repeating Arms Company (section)

==Factory in Newhallville==
[[File:Winchester3.jpg|thumb|The former factory in [[Newhallville]]]]
Industrial activity in [[Newhallville]] was reduced drastically after 1965 when Winchester, at that time the largest employer in New Haven, decided to move its main production line to [[East Alton, Illinois]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bowie |first1=Nicholas |title=Poison Ivy: The Problem of Tax Exemption in a Deindustrializing City, Yale and New Haven, 1967-1973 |journal=Foundations |date=Spring 2009 |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=61–90 |ssrn=3142124 }}</ref> After a [[machinist]]s' strike in the late 1970s, the factory was sold to U.S. Repeating Arms.<ref name=GunUSAToday>Associated Press, [https://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/manufacturing/2006-01-18-winchester_x.htm 'Gun that Won the West' becoming just part of history], ''[[USA Today]]'', January 18, 2006</ref> The neighborhood's long history of arms production finally ended completely in 2006, when the U.S. Repeating Arms factory closed, laying off 186 workers.<ref>Tess Wheelwright, [http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2006/03/okay_youre_out.php The Last Good-Bye], ''The New Haven Independent'', March 30, 2006, and Paul Bass, [http://newhavenindependent.org/archives/2009/08/cleanup_targets.php The Earth Moves On Winchester], ''The New Haven Independent'', August 11, 2009</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/19/AR2006011903278.html?nav=most_emailed Out With A Bang: The Loss of the Classic Winchester Is Loaded With Symbolism], ''[[Washington Post]]'', January 21, 2006</ref>