Saquoit Silk Mill, On Sand Island, south bank of Lehigh Canal, west of Hill-to-Hill Bridge, Bethlehem, Northampton County, PA
Summary
Significance: Four story brick silk mill with prominent triangular pilasters, capped with half-pyramidal stone blocks between each bay of windows and at the corners. Five story stair tower/elevator at east end, boiler, engine house, and stack on north side and a cluster of later brick and concrete block additions at the west end.
Survey number: HAER PA-148
Building/structure dates: 1886 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Hay, Duncan, historian
Lowe, Jet, photographer
Location
Bethlehem, 40.61414, -75.38428
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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