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Within ten years Kitson became the sole owner and the mill increased from 13 employees to 115 employees with an annual profit of $400,000. [3] By 1886 the mill produced 14,000 yards of 54 inch wide wool cloth per month that was sold in New York City. [2] The mill was originally run by water power and the mill race is located under the mill.
Warrenton Woolen Mill; Watkins Woolen Mill State Park and State Historic Site; Waucantuck Mill Complex; Wilcox, Crittenden Mill; Willard Manufacturing Company Building; William Clark Company Thread Mill; Winooski Falls Mill District; Worcester Bleach and Dye Works; Worcester Corset Company Factory
The community was effectively self-sufficient, the mill producing yarn and wool cloth. The mill operated at capacity until 1886, two years after Watkins' death. From 1886 to the turn of the twentieth century production declined. Nearly all of the mill machinery has been preserved, including a 65-horsepower steam engine that powered the factory. [6]
Globe Woolen Company Mills is a historic woolen mill complex and national historic district located at Utica, Oneida County, New York.It encompasses four contributing components of an intact mill complex: the Woolen Mill Grouping (1872-1873); Storehouse #2 (1872-1873); Storehouse #3 (1872-1873); and the Worsted Mill Grouping (1886).
Additionally, fashions changed with the introduction of polyester and rayon, and demand for worsted wool plummeted by the mid-1920s. [3] The two world wars were a boon to the AWC, keeping the company prosperous into 1945. American Woolen Company ranked 51st among United States corporations in the value of World War II military production ...
The Appleton Woolen Mills was a historic woolen mill along the Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin. The woolen mill was built in 1881 and was abandoned in 1969 when the company relocated. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. [2]
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The Hamilton Woolen Company Historic District encompasses the well preserved "Big Mill" complex of the Hamilton Woolen Company, built in the mid 19th century. Located at the confluence of McKinstry Brook and the Quinebaug River in central Southbridge, Massachusetts, the complex consists of a cluster of mill buildings and a rare collection of 1830s brick mill worker housing units located nearby ...