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Beatty's Mills Factory Building, also known as Powell Mills, is a historic textile mill in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1886, and is a five-story, red brick building in the Italianate style. It was part of a complex of five buildings and is the only remaining structure.
The plant is a five-story, U-shaped, reinforced concrete building that sits on a raised basement. The Steel Heddle Manufacturing Company manufactured heddles and other textile loom accessories. Its Philadelphia plant remained in operation until 1983. [2] This complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. [1]
Name City Industry ACTS Retirement-Life Communities [3]: West Point, PA: healthcare Aria Health [4]: Philadelphia: healthcare Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Area code(s) 215, 267 and 445 Fabric Row ( Der Ferder , "the fourth", in Yiddish ) [ 2 ] is a historic Jewish [ 3 ] textile and garment district located on South 4th Street in the Queen Village neighborhood of Philadelphia between Bainbridge Street and Catherine Street.
A bit upstream from the sawmill, David Lewis built a textile mill which was burned during the War of 1812, but subsequently rebuilt. [4] The mills contributed to the growth of Holmesburg. Frankford Avenue bridge over the Pennypack Creek. The first stagecoach service was established in 1756 between Philadelphia and New York.
Dobson Mills is a historic industrial complex and national historic district located in the Hunting Park Industrial Area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.It encompasses 19 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 2 contributing structures.
Botany 500 was a brand name owned by the Botany 500 Group of New York. Their men's suits and sport coats were manufactured in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by H. Daroff and Sons, who were contracted with Botany Mills of Passaic, New Jersey, to produce products and later bought the firm outright.
Founded in 1884, it was previously known as The Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science (1961–1999) and then as Philadelphia University until it merged with Jefferson. The school has 3,100 part and full-time students, the university offers more than 50 undergraduate and graduate degree programs.