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Delegation from textile mills, Passaic N.J., 3/17/26

Delegation from textile mills, Passaic N.J., 3/17/26

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Godwin Mill, Boiler & Engine House, Mill & Market Streets, Paterson, Passaic County, NJ

Godwin Mill, Boiler & Engine House, Mill & Market Streets, Paterson, P...

Significance: First leased in 1822, the Godwin Mill Lot housed one of the first large cotton spinning operations in Paterson. The Mill remained in operation until 1848, when it was destroyed by fire. Nine yea... More

John & James Dobson Carpet Mill (West Parcel), Building No. 24, 4041-4055 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

John & James Dobson Carpet Mill (West Parcel), Building No. 24, 4041-4...

Significance: Building 24, built in 1874-75, is significant as a reflection of the continued expansion of the Dobsons' mill following the Civil War. It is also of note for its construction as one of the first b... More

John & James Dobson Carpet Mill (West Parcel), Building No. 24, 4041-4055 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

John & James Dobson Carpet Mill (West Parcel), Building No. 24, 4041-4...

Significance: Building 24, built in 1874-75, is significant as a reflection of the continued expansion of the Dobsons' mill following the Civil War. It is also of note for its construction as one of the first b... More

Dolphin Manufacturing Company, Spruce & Barbour Streets, Paterson, Passaic County, NJ

Dolphin Manufacturing Company, Spruce & Barbour Streets, Paterson, Pas...

Significance: The Dolphin Mill building was constructed in the mid 1840's to house the American Hemp Co., a firm which spun hemp into rope. Following a reorganization in 1851, the Dolphin Manufacturing Co., wh... More

Phoenix Mill, Van Houten & Cianci Streets, Paterson, Passaic County, NJ

Phoenix Mill, Van Houten & Cianci Streets, Paterson, Passaic County, N...

Significance: The Phoenix Mill is the oldest extant structure in the Historic District of Paterson. An 1821 deed describes the original structure on the site which is similar to the existing mill in height and... More

Phoenix Mill, Van Houten & Cianci Streets, Paterson, Passaic County, NJ

Phoenix Mill, Van Houten & Cianci Streets, Paterson, Passaic County, N...

Significance: The Phoenix Mill is the oldest extant structure in the Historic District of Paterson. An 1821 deed describes the original structure on the site which is similar to the existing mill in height and... More

Hopkins Mill, State Route 3 & Nooseneck River, East Greenwich, Kent County, RI

Hopkins Mill, State Route 3 & Nooseneck River, East Greenwich, Kent Co...

Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: The Hopkins Mill is an extremely rare example of the once common smaller cotto... More

Hopkins Mill, State Route 3 & Nooseneck River, East Greenwich, Kent County, RI

Hopkins Mill, State Route 3 & Nooseneck River, East Greenwich, Kent Co...

Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: The Hopkins Mill is an extremely rare example of the once common smaller cotto... More

Norfolk Manufacturing Company Cotton Mill, 90 Milton Street, Dedham, Norfolk County, MA

Norfolk Manufacturing Company Cotton Mill, 90 Milton Street, Dedham, N...

Significance: The 1835 mill is typical in scale of New England fabric production at the time, but is unusual because it was based on Rhode Island stone mills, rather than the more usual brick type found in Mass... More

Woonsocket Company, Number 1 Mill, 100 Front Street, Woonsocket, Providence County, RI

Woonsocket Company, Number 1 Mill, 100 Front Street, Woonsocket, Provi...

Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: This 1829 building is a typical Rhode Island stone cotton mill of the first ha... More

Woonsocket Company, Number 1 Mill, 100 Front Street, Woonsocket, Providence County, RI

Woonsocket Company, Number 1 Mill, 100 Front Street, Woonsocket, Provi...

Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: This 1829 building is a typical Rhode Island stone cotton mill of the first ha... More

Enterprise Manufacturing Company, 1450 Greene Street, Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Enterprise Manufacturing Company, 1450 Greene Street, Augusta Canal, A...

Significance: The Granite Mill, built shortly after the completion of the original canal, is the oldest industrial building in Augusta. The later Enterprise Manufacturing Company was the first large-scale mill... More

Druid Mill (Textile), Union Avenue at Ash Street, Woodberry, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Druid Mill (Textile), Union Avenue at Ash Street, Woodberry, Baltimore...

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John & James Dobson Carpet Mill (West Parcel), Building No. 4, 4041-4055 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

John & James Dobson Carpet Mill (West Parcel), Building No. 4, 4041-40...

Significance: Significant as an addition to the original building that housed the Brussel Carpet Mill division of the Dobson brothers textile operations. The construction and subsequent expansion of this buildi... More

John & James Dobson Carpet Mill (West Parcel), 4041-4055 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

John & James Dobson Carpet Mill (West Parcel), 4041-4055 Ridge Avenue,...

Significance: The John & James Dobson Carpet Mill is one of the most important industrial complexes surviving from the mid-to-late-19th-century manufacturing boom in Philadelpha. Begun in the 1850s, the mill's ... More

Dartmouth Spinning Company, 510 Cottage Street, Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Dartmouth Spinning Company, 510 Cottage Street, Augusta Canal, Augusta...

Significance: One of two yarn mills built on the banks of the Augusta Canal, the Dartmouth Mill still stands as one of the few remaining physical examples of Augusta's quest to become the "Lowell of the South."... More

Great Falls Mill, West Washington & Broad Avenue, Rockingham, Richmond County, NC

Great Falls Mill, West Washington & Broad Avenue, Rockingham, Richmond...

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Allendale Mill, 494 Woonasquatucket Avenue, Centerdale, Providence County, RI

Allendale Mill, 494 Woonasquatucket Avenue, Centerdale, Providence Cou...

Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: The Allendale Mill was built in 1822 by Zachariah Allen for the manufacture of... More

George Delano & Sons Oil Works, South & South Second Streets, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA

George Delano & Sons Oil Works, South & South Second Streets, New Bedf...

Significance: The Delano oil works appear on the earliest (1834) maps of New Bedford. The works were typical of the sort built in the area after 1810, following the style of houses built by the Quaker whaling ... More

Hinckley Knitting Mills, 21-35 East Wister Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Hinckley Knitting Mills, 21-35 East Wister Street, Philadelphia, Phila...

Significance: The Hinckley Knitting Mills represented the historical development of the textile industry in Germantown, which was a nationally significant center of textile production in the nineteenth and earl... More

Bamberg Cotton Mill, Main Street, Bamberg, Bamberg County, SC

Bamberg Cotton Mill, Main Street, Bamberg, Bamberg County, SC

Significance: This mill contained the largest collection of late 19th and early 20th century textile machinery in active production in the state until it closed in 1986. It was originally planned to house a ca... More

Bamberg Cotton Mill, Main Street, Bamberg, Bamberg County, SC

Bamberg Cotton Mill, Main Street, Bamberg, Bamberg County, SC

Significance: This mill contained the largest collection of late 19th and early 20th century textile machinery in active production in the state until it closed in 1986. It was originally planned to house a ca... More

McAden Mill Number 2, Main Street, McAdenville, Gaston County, NC

McAden Mill Number 2, Main Street, McAdenville, Gaston County, NC

Significance: In 1883 the Spring Shoals Manufacturing Company was changed to McAden Mills and the town of McAdenville was incorporated. McAden Mill #2 was built during the years 1884-85 under the leadership of ... More

Metacomet Mill, Davol & Anawan Streets, Fall River, Bristol County, MA

Metacomet Mill, Davol & Anawan Streets, Fall River, Bristol County, MA

Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: This building is the oldest existing mill in Fall River. It was built in 1847... More

Metacomet Mill, Davol & Anawan Streets, Fall River, Bristol County, MA

Metacomet Mill, Davol & Anawan Streets, Fall River, Bristol County, MA

Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: This building is the oldest existing mill in Fall River. It was built in 1847... More

Textile Mill & Storage Warehouse, U.S. Route 60, Grahamton, Meade County, KY

Textile Mill & Storage Warehouse, U.S. Route 60, Grahamton, Meade Coun...

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John & James Dobson Carpet Mill (West Parcel), Building Nos. 13-14, 4041-4055 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

John & James Dobson Carpet Mill (West Parcel), Building Nos. 13-14, 40...

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Prattville Manufacturing Company, Number One, 242 South Court Street, Prattville, Autauga County, AL

Prattville Manufacturing Company, Number One, 242 South Court Street, ...

Significance: Founded in 1846, the Prattville Manufacturing Company was one of the South's earliest textile mills. A spinning and weaving operation from its inception, the original factory was razed when the o... More

Prattville Manufacturing Company, Number One, 242 South Court Street, Prattville, Autauga County, AL

Prattville Manufacturing Company, Number One, 242 South Court Street, ...

Significance: Founded in 1846, the Prattville Manufacturing Company was one of the South's earliest textile mills. A spinning and weaving operation from its inception, the original factory was razed when the o... More

Prattville Manufacturing Company, Number One, 242 South Court Street, Prattville, Autauga County, AL

Prattville Manufacturing Company, Number One, 242 South Court Street, ...

Significance: Founded in 1846, the Prattville Manufacturing Company was one of the South's earliest textile mills. A spinning and weaving operation from its inception, the original factory was razed when the o... More

Prattville Manufacturing Company, Number One, 242 South Court Street, Prattville, Autauga County, AL

Prattville Manufacturing Company, Number One, 242 South Court Street, ...

Significance: Founded in 1846, the Prattville Manufacturing Company was one of the South's earliest textile mills. A spinning and weaving operation from its inception, the original factory was razed when the o... More

Lawrence Machine Shop, Union & Canal Streets, Lawrence, Essex County, MA

Lawrence Machine Shop, Union & Canal Streets, Lawrence, Essex County, ...

Significance: This building was built over a two year interval beginning in 1846 for the purpose of manufacturing and repairing textile machinery for the newly established mills of Lawrence. It is one of the t... More

John & James Dobson Carpet Mill (West Parcel), Building No. 15, 4041-4055 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

John & James Dobson Carpet Mill (West Parcel), Building No. 15, 4041-4...

Significance: Building 15 was originally built in 1879 but the existing building was built in 1915. Its location at the head of the railroad siding documents the close connection between rail transportation and... More

Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Muscogee County, GA

Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More

Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Muscogee County, GA

Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More

Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Muscogee County, GA

Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More

Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Muscogee County, GA

Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More

Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Muscogee County, GA

Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More

Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Muscogee County, GA

Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More

Merrill Silk Mill, 233 Canisteo Street, Hornell, Steuben County, NY

Merrill Silk Mill, 233 Canisteo Street, Hornell, Steuben County, NY

Significance: Textile manufacturing was one of the principal industries in the City of Hornell. The complex is representative of early 20th century industrial buildings. Survey number: HAER NY-126 Building/s... More

Graniteville Mill, Canal, along Canal Street, Graniteville, Aiken County, SC

Graniteville Mill, Canal, along Canal Street, Graniteville, Aiken Coun...

Survey number: HAER SC-27-A Public domain photograph - historical image of South Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John & James Dobson Carpet Mill (West Parcel), Building No. 19, 4041-4055 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

John & James Dobson Carpet Mill (West Parcel), Building No. 19, 4041-4...

Significance: Building 19 is significant as it documents the initial boom of the Dobsons' mill following the Civil War. One of the oldest buildings on the site, it is the only surviving structure with designate... More

Lippitt Mill, 825 Main Street, West Warwick, Kent County, RI

Lippitt Mill, 825 Main Street, West Warwick, Kent County, RI

Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: The Lippitt Mill has continuously produced cotton textiles since it began oper... More

Graniteville Mill, Marshall Street, Graniteville, Aiken County, SC

Graniteville Mill, Marshall Street, Graniteville, Aiken County, SC

Significance: Graniteville Mill was one of the largest mills in the South during the antebellum period. The original mill, canal, school house, and a number of original Gothic Revival houses are still extant a... More

Graniteville Mill, Marshall Street, Graniteville, Aiken County, SC

Graniteville Mill, Marshall Street, Graniteville, Aiken County, SC

Significance: Graniteville Mill was one of the largest mills in the South during the antebellum period. The original mill, canal, school house, and a number of original Gothic Revival houses are still extant a... More

Durfee Mills, Plymouth Avenue & Pleasant Street, Fall River, Bristol County, MA

Durfee Mills, Plymouth Avenue & Pleasant Street, Fall River, Bristol C...

Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: The Durfee Mills was the largest single firm of textile manufacturers in Fall ... More

Durfee Mills, Plymouth Avenue & Pleasant Street, Fall River, Bristol County, MA

Durfee Mills, Plymouth Avenue & Pleasant Street, Fall River, Bristol C...

Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: The Durfee Mills was the largest single firm of textile manufacturers in Fall ... More

Watkins Mill, County Highway MM, Lawson, Ray County, MO

Watkins Mill, County Highway MM, Lawson, Ray County, MO

Significance: The Watkins (Woolen) Mill contains the finest collection of mid-19th century textile machinery in situ in North America and includes some of the most significant textile artifacts known to survive... More

Watkins Mill, County Highway MM, Lawson, Ray County, MO

Watkins Mill, County Highway MM, Lawson, Ray County, MO

Significance: The Watkins (Woolen) Mill contains the finest collection of mid-19th century textile machinery in situ in North America and includes some of the most significant textile artifacts known to survive... More

Watkins Mill, County Highway MM, Lawson, Ray County, MO

Watkins Mill, County Highway MM, Lawson, Ray County, MO

Significance: The Watkins (Woolen) Mill contains the finest collection of mid-19th century textile machinery in situ in North America and includes some of the most significant textile artifacts known to survive... More

Watkins Mill, County Highway MM, Lawson, Ray County, MO

Watkins Mill, County Highway MM, Lawson, Ray County, MO

Significance: The Watkins (Woolen) Mill contains the finest collection of mid-19th century textile machinery in situ in North America and includes some of the most significant textile artifacts known to survive... More

Bibb Company (Columbus Plant), Thirty-eighth Street & First Avenue (Columbus vicinity), Columbus, Muscogee County, GA

Bibb Company (Columbus Plant), Thirty-eighth Street & First Avenue (Co...

Significance: The main building of this operating textile mill extends a remarkable 1010 feet east from a bluff overlooking the Chattahoochee River. Until 1954 an American system of rope drive, turned directly... More

Muscogee Manufacturing Company, Front Avenue & Fourteenth Street, Columbus, Muscogee County, GA

Muscogee Manufacturing Company, Front Avenue & Fourteenth Street, Colu...

Significance: Each successive mill of the Muscogee complex has its own character and significance. All buildings erected at the site since 1868 remain standing, an unusual massing of industrial buildings which... More

Muscogee Manufacturing Company, Front Avenue & Fourteenth Street, Columbus, Muscogee County, GA

Muscogee Manufacturing Company, Front Avenue & Fourteenth Street, Colu...

Significance: Each successive mill of the Muscogee complex has its own character and significance. All buildings erected at the site since 1868 remain standing, an unusual massing of industrial buildings which... More

Muscogee Manufacturing Company, Front Avenue & Fourteenth Street, Columbus, Muscogee County, GA

Muscogee Manufacturing Company, Front Avenue & Fourteenth Street, Colu...

Significance: Each successive mill of the Muscogee complex has its own character and significance. All buildings erected at the site since 1868 remain standing, an unusual massing of industrial buildings which... More

Ben Thresher's Mill, State Aid No. 1, Barnet, Caledonia County, VT

Ben Thresher's Mill, State Aid No. 1, Barnet, Caledonia County, VT

Significance: Alexander Jack built the mill as a Dye & Print Works in 1872. J. Loren Judkins established a Wagon Shop in 1893 and added the Blacksmith Shop c. 1895. The timber frame and plank dam is intact. ... More

Ben Thresher's Mill, State Aid No. 1, Barnet, Caledonia County, VT

Ben Thresher's Mill, State Aid No. 1, Barnet, Caledonia County, VT

Significance: Alexander Jack built the mill as a Dye & Print Works in 1872. J. Loren Judkins established a Wagon Shop in 1893 and added the Blacksmith Shop c. 1895. The timber frame and plank dam is intact. ... More

Ben Thresher's Mill, State Aid No. 1, Barnet, Caledonia County, VT

Ben Thresher's Mill, State Aid No. 1, Barnet, Caledonia County, VT

Significance: Alexander Jack built the mill as a Dye & Print Works in 1872. J. Loren Judkins established a Wagon Shop in 1893 and added the Blacksmith Shop c. 1895. The timber frame and plank dam is intact. ... More

Amoskeag Millyard, Canal Street, Manchester, Hillsborough County, NH

Amoskeag Millyard, Canal Street, Manchester, Hillsborough County, NH

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Amoskeag Millyard, Canal Street, Manchester, Hillsborough County, NH

Amoskeag Millyard, Canal Street, Manchester, Hillsborough County, NH

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Amoskeag Millyard, Canal Street, Manchester, Hillsborough County, NH

Amoskeag Millyard, Canal Street, Manchester, Hillsborough County, NH

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John P. King Manufacturing Company, 1701 Goodrich Street, Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

John P. King Manufacturing Company, 1701 Goodrich Street, Augusta Cana...

Significance: The John P. King Mfg. Co. was built as part of Augusta's campaign to become the "Lowell of the South." The mill has always used the water power of the Augusta Canal and now generates hydroelectri... More

John P. King Manufacturing Company, 1701 Goodrich Street, Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

John P. King Manufacturing Company, 1701 Goodrich Street, Augusta Cana...

Significance: The John P. King Mfg. Co. was built as part of Augusta's campaign to become the "Lowell of the South." The mill has always used the water power of the Augusta Canal and now generates hydroelectri... More

John P. King Manufacturing Company, 1701 Goodrich Street, Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

John P. King Manufacturing Company, 1701 Goodrich Street, Augusta Cana...

Significance: The John P. King Mfg. Co. was built as part of Augusta's campaign to become the "Lowell of the South." The mill has always used the water power of the Augusta Canal and now generates hydroelectri... More

John P. King Manufacturing Company, 1701 Goodrich Street, Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

John P. King Manufacturing Company, 1701 Goodrich Street, Augusta Cana...

Significance: The John P. King Mfg. Co. was built as part of Augusta's campaign to become the "Lowell of the South." The mill has always used the water power of the Augusta Canal and now generates hydroelectri... More

Sibley Manufacturing Company, 1717 Goodrich Street, Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Sibley Manufacturing Company, 1717 Goodrich Street, Augusta Canal, Aug...

Significance: Located on the Augusta Canal, one of the few remaining power canals in the country, the Sibley mill continuously has used the canal to generate its own power; at present, it supplies between 50% a... More

Sibley Manufacturing Company, 1717 Goodrich Street, Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Sibley Manufacturing Company, 1717 Goodrich Street, Augusta Canal, Aug...

Significance: Located on the Augusta Canal, one of the few remaining power canals in the country, the Sibley mill continuously has used the canal to generate its own power; at present, it supplies between 50% a... More

Sibley Manufacturing Company, 1717 Goodrich Street, Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Sibley Manufacturing Company, 1717 Goodrich Street, Augusta Canal, Aug...

Significance: Located on the Augusta Canal, one of the few remaining power canals in the country, the Sibley mill continuously has used the canal to generate its own power; at present, it supplies between 50% a... More

Sibley Manufacturing Company, 1717 Goodrich Street, Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Sibley Manufacturing Company, 1717 Goodrich Street, Augusta Canal, Aug...

Significance: Located on the Augusta Canal, one of the few remaining power canals in the country, the Sibley mill continuously has used the canal to generate its own power; at present, it supplies between 50% a... More

Boott Cotton Mills, John Street at Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA

Boott Cotton Mills, John Street at Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex ...

Significance: Boott Cotton Mills is one of the oldest surviving large-scale textile mill complexes in the United States. Built as an original, and integral, part of the City of Lowell, the Boott Cotton Mills h... More

Boott Cotton Mills, John Street at Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA

Boott Cotton Mills, John Street at Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex ...

Significance: Boott Cotton Mills is one of the oldest surviving large-scale textile mill complexes in the United States. Built as an original, and integral, part of the City of Lowell, the Boott Cotton Mills h... More

Boott Cotton Mills, John Street at Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA

Boott Cotton Mills, John Street at Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex ...

Significance: Boott Cotton Mills is one of the oldest surviving large-scale textile mill complexes in the United States. Built as an original, and integral, part of the City of Lowell, the Boott Cotton Mills h... More

Boott Cotton Mills, John Street at Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA

Boott Cotton Mills, John Street at Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex ...

Significance: Boott Cotton Mills is one of the oldest surviving large-scale textile mill complexes in the United States. Built as an original, and integral, part of the City of Lowell, the Boott Cotton Mills h... More

Boott Cotton Mills, John Street at Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA

Boott Cotton Mills, John Street at Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex ...

Significance: Boott Cotton Mills is one of the oldest surviving large-scale textile mill complexes in the United States. Built as an original, and integral, part of the City of Lowell, the Boott Cotton Mills h... More

Boott Cotton Mills, John Street at Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA

Boott Cotton Mills, John Street at Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex ...

Significance: Boott Cotton Mills is one of the oldest surviving large-scale textile mill complexes in the United States. Built as an original, and integral, part of the City of Lowell, the Boott Cotton Mills h... More

Boott Cotton Mills, John Street at Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA

Boott Cotton Mills, John Street at Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex ...

Significance: Boott Cotton Mills is one of the oldest surviving large-scale textile mill complexes in the United States. Built as an original, and integral, part of the City of Lowell, the Boott Cotton Mills h... More

Boott Cotton Mills, John Street at Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA

Boott Cotton Mills, John Street at Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex ...

Significance: Boott Cotton Mills is one of the oldest surviving large-scale textile mill complexes in the United States. Built as an original, and integral, part of the City of Lowell, the Boott Cotton Mills h... More

Boott Cotton Mills, John Street at Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA

Boott Cotton Mills, John Street at Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex ...

Significance: Boott Cotton Mills is one of the oldest surviving large-scale textile mill complexes in the United States. Built as an original, and integral, part of the City of Lowell, the Boott Cotton Mills h... More

John & James Dobson Carpet Mill (West Parcel), Building No. 5, 4041-4055 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

John & James Dobson Carpet Mill (West Parcel), Building No. 5, 4041-40...

Significance: Built in 1880 to house additional specialized functions for the Brussels Carpet Mill. It reflects the characteristic rubblestone mill architecture of the complex and it documents the continued pro... More

Lawrence Machine Shop, Building No. 3A, 70 General Street, Lawrence, Essex County, MA

Lawrence Machine Shop, Building No. 3A, 70 General Street, Lawrence, E...

Significance: This building, built in 1906, was one of a handful of buildings built by Everett Cotton Mills in the former Lawrence Machine Shop yard. It was built as an extension to the Everett Mill C. Picker ... More

Lawrence Machine Shop, Building No. 3A, 70 General Street, Lawrence, Essex County, MA

Lawrence Machine Shop, Building No. 3A, 70 General Street, Lawrence, E...

Significance: This building, built in 1906, was one of a handful of buildings built by Everett Cotton Mills in the former Lawrence Machine Shop yard. It was built as an extension to the Everett Mill C. Picker ... More

Lawrence Machine Shop, Building No. 3A, 70 General Street, Lawrence, Essex County, MA

Lawrence Machine Shop, Building No. 3A, 70 General Street, Lawrence, E...

Significance: This building, built in 1906, was one of a handful of buildings built by Everett Cotton Mills in the former Lawrence Machine Shop yard. It was built as an extension to the Everett Mill C. Picker ... More

Clinton Mill, 93 Clinton Street, Woonsocket, Providence County, RI

Clinton Mill, 93 Clinton Street, Woonsocket, Providence County, RI

Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: The Clinton Mill is typical of the large stone cotton textile mills of Rhode I... More

Mount Washington Mills, Falls Road & Cotton Avenue, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Mount Washington Mills, Falls Road & Cotton Avenue, Baltimore, Indepen...

Survey number: HAER MD-57 Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Simpsonville Mill, West side of Cedar Lane at Guilford Road, Columbia, Howard County, MD

Simpsonville Mill, West side of Cedar Lane at Guilford Road, Columbia,...

Significance: Simpsonville Mill is significant as a surviving eighteenth century mill with associated features. The Simpsonville Mill was an important local industry in Howard County, and its history reflects ... More

Woonsocket Company, Number 1 Mill, 100 Front Street, Woonsocket, Providence County, RI

Woonsocket Company, Number 1 Mill, 100 Front Street, Woonsocket, Provi...

Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: This 1829 building is a typical Rhode Island stone cotton mill of the first ha... More

Whittinsville  Brick Mill, 56 Douglas Road, Northbridge, Worcester County, MA

Whittinsville Brick Mill, 56 Douglas Road, Northbridge, Worcester Cou...

Significance: This is the earliest of 3 cotton manufacturing complexes found in this prototypical New England Mill village. It was built in 1826 by Col. Paul Whitin & Sons and is one of the most significant ex... More

Kenyon Village, Kenyon School Road, Sherman Avenue, & Lewiston Avenue, Richmond (historical), Providence County, RI

Kenyon Village, Kenyon School Road, Sherman Avenue, & Lewiston Avenue,...

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Kenyon Village, Kenyon School Road, Sherman Avenue, & Lewiston Avenue, Richmond (historical), Providence County, RI

Kenyon Village, Kenyon School Road, Sherman Avenue, & Lewiston Avenue,...

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Enterprise Manufacturing Company, 1450 Greene Street, Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Enterprise Manufacturing Company, 1450 Greene Street, Augusta Canal, A...

Significance: The Granite Mill, built shortly after the completion of the original canal, is the oldest industrial building in Augusta. The later Enterprise Manufacturing Company was the first large-scale mill... More

Enterprise Manufacturing Company, 1450 Greene Street, Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Enterprise Manufacturing Company, 1450 Greene Street, Augusta Canal, A...

Significance: The Granite Mill, built shortly after the completion of the original canal, is the oldest industrial building in Augusta. The later Enterprise Manufacturing Company was the first large-scale mill... More

Druid Mill (Textile), Union Avenue at Ash Street, Woodberry, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Druid Mill (Textile), Union Avenue at Ash Street, Woodberry, Baltimore...

Survey number: HAER MD-59 Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Newport Steam Factory, 449 Thames Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Newport Steam Factory, 449 Thames Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: The Newport Steam Factory is an important surviving example of the nineteenth century industrial development of the Newport waterfront, as well as an interesting large example of early mill constr... More

Harmony Manufacturing Company, Mill Number 3, 100 North Mohawk Street, Cohoes, Albany County, NY

Harmony Manufacturing Company, Mill Number 3, 100 North Mohawk Street,...

Photogrammetric images were incorporated into the HABS/HAER collections in the summers of 1985 and 1986. Since the glass photogrammetric plates are not reproducible except with special permission, a reference p... More

Monadnock Mills, Mill No. 1, 13-17 Water Street, Claremont, Sullivan County, NH

Monadnock Mills, Mill No. 1, 13-17 Water Street, Claremont, Sullivan C...

Significance: Mill 1 is the oldest structure in the Monadnock Mills Company complex and the oldest mill in the Claremont Village Industrial District. Between 1836-39, a group of local investors formed the Upper... More

Great Falls Mill, West Washington & Broad Avenue, Rockingham, Richmond County, NC

Great Falls Mill, West Washington & Broad Avenue, Rockingham, Richmond...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Union Mills, Pleasant Street & Highway I-195, Interchange No. 12, Fall River, Bristol County, MA

Union Mills, Pleasant Street & Highway I-195, Interchange No. 12, Fall...

Significance: The Union Mill was the first Fall River textile company to be financed by stock subscriptions. No. 1 Mill was built in 1859 and No. 2 Mill in 1865. Hale Remington, a Fall River business leader, o... More

Allendale Mill, 494 Woonasquatucket Avenue, Centerdale, Providence County, RI

Allendale Mill, 494 Woonasquatucket Avenue, Centerdale, Providence Cou...

Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: The Allendale Mill was built in 1822 by Zachariah Allen for the manufacture of... More

George Delano & Sons Oil Works, South & South Second Streets, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA

George Delano & Sons Oil Works, South & South Second Streets, New Bedf...

Significance: The Delano oil works appear on the earliest (1834) maps of New Bedford. The works were typical of the sort built in the area after 1810, following the style of houses built by the Quaker whaling ... More

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