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Watkins Mill was built in 1859-1860. Watkins built housing for the mill workers nearby, creating one of the first planned communities in North America. 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.
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The knitting mill was built by William and Benjamin May in the first half of the 1900s. The structure consists of one-story-on-partial basement which is built with brick and reinforced concrete. [1] A distinctive sawtooth roof is a prominent feature of this building which depicts an early 20th century textile mill design. [3]
The Dillard Mill State Historic Site is a privately owned, state-administered property on Huzzah Creek in Crawford County, Missouri, that preserves a water-powered gristmill. [6] The 132-acre (53 ha) site has been operated as a state historic site by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources under a lease agreement with the L-A-D Foundation ...
The Alley Spring Roller Mill, also known as Red Mill, is a historic grist mill located in the Ozark National Scenic Riverways near Eminence, Shannon County, Missouri. It was built in 1893, and is a 2 1/2-story, rectangular frame building on a limestone block foundation. It measures 32 feet by 42 feet and houses four steel rollers and a single ...
Fox River Mills, Inc., is a sock manufacturer based in Osage, Iowa. The company was founded in 1900. [ 1 ] In 1992, they purchased the Nelson Knitting Company of Rockford, Illinois , and in the process acquired the trademark on the Red Heel socks used to make sock monkeys . [ 2 ]
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The mill was built in 1883, and is a 2 1/2-story, heavy timber frame building sided with vertical boards. Adjacent to the building are paired cylindrical grain storage silos of creek gravel concrete construction. The mill continued to operate until 1969. [2]: 2–4 It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [1]