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The Tech Building
In 1926, the Manchester School District leased the
abandoned Corey Needle Factory building on Concord Street.
It was renovated, equipped with six shops plus space for the
school district cabinet maker, and renamed The William Corey
Memorial Training School, or the Corey Building for
short.
After 33 years of use, the Corey Building was abandoned
in favor of a brand new building dedicated to the industrial
arts. It was a six-shop, one-story brick structure connected
to the south end of the P.A. building. It was called,
appropriately enough, the Industrial Arts Building. The
rooms were used for Mechanical Drawing, Woodworking,
Automotive, Machine Tools, Electricity and Printing.
The opening of the Vocational Skill Center, later renamed
the Manchester School of Technology, in the early '80's
dramatically reduced the number of students enrolling in
these courses at Central. Today the only industrial arts
classes still located in "The Basement" are woodworking and
home repair located in one classroom, and automotive
technology in another. Two of the remaining classrooms are
occupied by Central's extensive weight lifting equipment.
The final two rooms are used for the school's bands.
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