American Optical History
Safety Products
Brattleboro, VT plant

AO Brattleboro Plant 1954 photo by Don Whitney

AO Brattleboro Plant as it now appears- March 28, 2010 photo by Dick Whitney
See its Sister building in Southbridge - AO Frame plant

AO News article below (April 1965)
Download Pdf of April 1965 Mag (above)

The Brattleboro Vt plant closed ~1983 and moved to Southbridge, where production of Super Armorplate continued until the late 1980s.
Polycarbonate later replace glass as the preferred Safety Lens material.