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Three Oaks is also home to the Warren Featherbone Factory, which was built over a century ago to strip turkey feathers of their quills to use in women's garments of the era, such as corsets, which used " stiffeners ".

This replacement for the " whalebone " material was welcomed by the garment industry of the late 19th century.

The factory still stands today and is the site of an antique market.