{"id":16679,"date":"2026-03-17T18:01:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T22:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/hc\/?page_id=16679"},"modified":"2026-03-17T18:01:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T22:01:34","slug":"local-bridgeport-history-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/hc\/research-guides\/local-bridgeport-history-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Bridgeport History Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]\n<h2><strong>Bridgeport Industrial History<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3>Raybestos<\/h3>\n<p><b data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Wiki reference page:<\/b>\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/wikimesothelioma.com\/Raybestos_Company_History\" href=\"https:\/\/wikimesothelioma.com\/Raybestos_Company_History\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">https:\/\/wikimesothelioma.com\/Raybestos_Company_History<\/a>\u00a0Covers the full corporate timeline \u2014 the 1906 founding, the brake lining patents, the Stratford plant operations, the Simpson Papers discovery, and the eventual bankruptcy and trust. Heavily sourced and designed for researchers.<\/p>\n<p><b>Podcast (Episode 12 \u2014 &#8220;Raybestos Brake Pad Revolution&#8221;):<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Apple Podcasts:\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/id1860289539\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/id1860289539\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/id1860289539<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Spotify:\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/3RuKIhjlTIyldks82KBYR5\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/3RuKIhjlTIyldks82KBYR5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\">https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/3RuKIhjlTIyldks82KBYR5<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] Bridgeport Industrial History Raybestos Wiki reference page:\u00a0https:\/\/wikimesothelioma.com\/Raybestos_Company_History\u00a0Covers the full corporate timeline \u2014 the 1906 founding, the brake lining patents, the Stratford plant operations, the Simpson Papers discovery, and the eventual bankruptcy and trust. Heavily sourced and designed for researchers. Podcast (Episode 12 \u2014 &#8220;Raybestos Brake Pad Revolution&#8221;): Apple Podcasts:\u00a0https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/id1860289539 Spotify:\u00a0https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/3RuKIhjlTIyldks82KBYR5 [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"parent":13249,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-16679","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16679"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16683,"href":"https:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16679\/revisions\/16683"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}