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The Arcadia Mill was the largest cotton mill in the newly-incorporated state of Florida by the early 1850s. Arcadia functioned as a small community, including shops, a quarry, living quarters, tannery, blacksmith, and a well. Furthermore, along with the cotton mill, Arcadia included a gristmill. Arcadia Mill's downfall began in the mid-1850s.
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
Merrimack Mill Village Historic District; Milford Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company; Mississippi Mills (Wesson, Mississippi) Mississippi Mills Packing and Shipping Rooms; Monaghan Mill; Montgomery Worsted Mills; Monument Mills; Mooresville Mill Village Historic District; Mott Mill; Mount Holly Cotton Mill; Mount Vernon Mill No. 1; Mount ...
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.
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.
Freight cars ran on spurs beside the mills to supply raw materials, particularly cotton from southern states, then carried away finished fabrics to markets around the country. One customer would be Levi Strauss, whose riveted blue jeans were made with cloth from the Amoskeag Mills. Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.'s Mills, c. 1875
The river had been dammed at the mill location since at least the 18th century, and a grist mill had long existed opposite the mill site on the west bank of the river when Johannes Miller began seeking investors for what was to be at first a cotton mill in 1813. [1] It would be one of the earliest attempts to harness the Wallkill for industry ...
United States historic place Winooski Falls Mill District U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. Historic district Chace Mill on the Winooski Falls Show map of Vermont Show map of the United States Location Winooski and Burlington, Vermont Coordinates 44°29′20″N 73°11′15″W / 44.488889°N 73.1875°W / 44.488889; -73.1875 Area 20 acres (8.1 ha) (original size) 1.4 ...