Heesun Wee, CNBC

Heesun Wee, CNBC

Tucked in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, among Amish families and dairy farms, 200 American workers are keeping a unique tradition alive—hat making.
The Bollman Hat Co. has been manufacturing hats for nearly 150 years, and is America’s oldest hat maker. Launched before the invention of electricity and the automobile, company founders used water wheels to generate power. Workers loaded hats onto horse and buggies for transport to the train station….
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