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Matt Bevin
Connecticut
Uncle Stanley
Maria Stevens
Essex train
Matt Bevin walks through the old factory like a proud parent. This is a strap of sleigh bells here. He rings bells and shows off the few massive machines that stamp, weld and trim the bells that begin as a coil of metal that looks like a huge fruit by the foot. To him, this is hallowed ground. Six generations of my family have walked across the same floor. I mean, every single Bevin has produced bells in this little corner of Connecticut. Matt Bevin took over the company three years ago when his Uncle Stanley was ready to close the doors after 176 years of Bevin run business. Matt was already running an investment management firm, but his stable career and bank account allowed him to take on the struggling family business as a labor of love. Frankly, in an electronic day and age, who really needs a bell? I mean, you can replicate the sound of it with your phone. And yet there's something about them, the tangibility of them, the feel, the sound, the clang that people do like. Maria Stevens, a Bevin employee for 19 years, assembles bells for a local steam train. I am actually crimping this together for a big order for Essex train.