US Rubber became Uniroyal in 1961. And it was certainly the byproducts of
mercilessly slaughtered naugas that provided both the color and the smell.

On Friday, July 15, 2016, P.J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote:

> I think that it was the U. S. Rubber company making Keds sneakers that
> colored the river.
>
>

> On 7/15/2016 2:05 PM, Rick Womer wrote:
>
>> Uniroyal was in Naugatuck, and that was where they farmed the naugas.
>> I grew up about 10mi from there. Nasty-smelling town, and the
>> Naugatuck River was very colorful at times (depending, I suppose, on
>> the colors of the naugas whose hides they were processing).
>>
>> Rick
>> http://photo.net/photos/RickW
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 1:56 PM, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 45 years ago we watched a 'Saturday Night Live' skit with John Belushi
>>> on how they
>>> raised, slaughtered, skinned, and tanned Naugahyde.  Very funny.
>>> The ranch was probably in Naugatuck, Connecticut.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 12:35 PM, P.J. Alling
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> http://www.adorama.com/bhcsp15i.html?EmailPrice=T
>>>>
>>>> I mean Holy Bat Guano.  It's Polyurethane or some other plastic. This is
>>>> what's wrong with marketing.  (I was actually kind of hoping that they
>>>> were
>>>> skinning Vegans, not because I dislike Vegans, it's the romantic in me,
>>>> I
>>>> guess).
>>>>
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