At the Ames True Temper assembly plant in Harrisburg, PA, workers produce a new wheelbarrow every six seconds. The True Temper facility has been the self-proclaimed “wheelbarrow capital of the world” since 1876, when the original company, Jackson Manufacturing, began mass-producing the implements.
Workers here were dismayed to learn that the maker of Monopoly is planning to retire one of the iconic board game’s familiar tokens, and Las Vegas oddsmakers are predicting the silvery little wheelbarrow will lose the popularity contest.