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The first known example of Aran knitting appeared in the 1930s. [3] The stitches that create the Aran knitting patterns are complex and the knitted goods are time-consuming to create. For example, a typical Aran sweater will have over 100,000 stitches, and may take several months to finish. The three dimensional effect of the twisted stitches ...
The American Woolen Company was established in 1899 under the leadership of William M. Wood and his father-in-law Frederick Ayer through the consolidation of eight financially troubled New England woolen mills. At the company's height in the 1920s, it owned and operated 60 woolen mills across New England.
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]
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History of the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill in Salem, Oregon; Salem Public Library Association: Biography of Thomas L. Kay Archived 2018-12-10 at the Wayback Machine; Google Books: 1910 photo of Pendleton Woolen Mills workers — by Walter S. Bowman. Historic photo archive.com: 1934 photo of the Pendleton Woolen Mill
The site includes a small German colonial manor house that dates to 1803 with a large brick addition dating to 1858 and an attached log house, and a stone woolen mill that date to 1805. The original 1803 manor house is a two-and-one-half-story, three-bay wide building.
A post office called Hereford was in operation from 1830 to 2019. [4] The community took its name from Hereford Township. [5] It was previously known as Treichlersville. [6] At the end of March 2019 the post office closed on very short notice because the owner refused to renew the lease. [7]