Editing Kearny, New Jersey (section)

===Factory town===
The early influx and development of industry in Kearny dates back to 1875 when the [[Coats PLC|Clark Thread Company]] of [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]] in [[Scotland]] extended its activities to the United States by erecting two large mills in Kearny, and adding two others in 1890. These mills brought to Kearny thousands of Scots immigrants. Many of them would play on Kearny's soccer teams in [[National Association Football League]]. Many are buried at [[Arlington Memorial Park]] in the [[Kearny Uplands]].<ref>{{Citation | last = Sarapin | first = Janice Kohl | title = Old Burial Grounds of New Jersey | publisher = [[Rutgers University Press]] | year = 1994   | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=uDfIJt5RFWgC&q=Old+burial+grounds+of+New+Jersey:+a+guide | isbn = 0-8135-2111-4 }}</ref>

In 1876, the Mile End Thread Mills started operating, giving employment to several hundred operators.

In 1883, the Marshall Flax Spinning Company of England erected a large plant in Kearny, known as the Linen Thread Company. Their need for experienced flax spinners brought an influx of workers from other sections of the [[British Isles]]. Families of those early textile workers were the nucleus of Kearny's present population.

The Puraline Manufacturing Company, later called the Arlington Company, which became a subsidiary of [[DuPont|E. I. DuPont de Nemours Company]], had purchased a large tract of land east of the Arlington Station on the Erie Railroad extending well out, north of the railroad embankment, into the meadowland.

In 1887, Sir Michael Nairn established the Nairn [[Linoleum]] Company of [[Kirkcaldy]] in Scotland, now the Congoleum Nairn Company of Kearny, giving further impetus to local industrial growth. This also led to the growth in the [[Scottish American]] population which in the 1960s was about 21,000, accounting for more than half of the town's residents.<ref>Prentice, Claire. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131207024412/http://www.heraldscotland.com/life-style/real-lives/the-scots-of-kearny-new-jersey-home-of-the-sopranos-1.1015205 "The Scots of Kearny, New Jersey – home of The Sopranos"], ''[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]'', March 22, 2010, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of December 7, 2013. Accessed November 13, 2019. "The story of the Scots in Kearny goes back to the 1860s, when two Scottish companies, Paisley thread mill Clark's and Kirkcaldy linoleum company Nairn's, opened factories in the area. They wanted to avoid paying import taxes on goods shipped from Scotland and Kearny's tax breaks and location, at the confluence of the Passaic and Hackensack Rivers, made it an ideal choice. Word got out back in Scotland that skilled workers were needed. By the 1960s, there were 21,000 Scots living in Kearny (as of the 2000 United States Census, the town's population was approximately 40,000)."</ref>

In 1902, the Lovell–Dressel Company, manufacturers of marine and railway lamps and fixtures, located in Kearny adjacent to the [[Erie Railroad]].

Other industries which located in Kearny include: [[JBS USA|Swift & Company]], Koppers Company, Theobald Industries, [[Standard Tool & Manufacturing]], Wilkata Box Company, Harris Steel Company and L & R Manufacturing.

Cargo ships were built at [[Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company|Kearny Yards]] during [[World War I]], and warships during [[World War II]].<ref>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/kearny.htm Kearny Yards], GlobalSecurity.org</ref>