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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

View across the Merrimack River of one of what were once dozens of mammoth textile mills on the edge of Manchester, New Hampshire

View across the Merrimack River of one of what were once dozens of mam...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Many are now converting into loft and condominium apartment buildings. In the late-19th and early-20th centuries, Manchester would bec... More

John & James Dobson Carpet Mill (West Parcel), Building No. 7, 4041-4055 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

John & James Dobson Carpet Mill (West Parcel), Building No. 7, 4041-40...

Significance: Constructed in 1875, housed the Brussels Carpet weaving room. The structure is significant as one of the mill buildings erected during the early stages of expansion at the mill. Its rubble constru... More

Russell & Simmons Factory, Goodrich Street, Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Russell & Simmons Factory, Goodrich Street, Augusta Canal, Augusta, Ri...

Significance: Construction of the factory began during the enlargement of the Augusta Canal, making it the first industry to build on the banks of the expanded canal. It otherwise lacks significance. Survey n... More

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

Industry Mill, Van Houten & Prospect Street, Paterson, Passaic County, NJ

Industry Mill, Van Houten & Prospect Street, Paterson, Passaic County,...

Significance: The Industry Mill was, like many others in Paterson, used throughout the nineteenth century for the manufacture of textiles and textile goods. Unlike many of the mill buildings, however, the Indu... More

Phoenix Mill, North bank of Still River, Phoenixville, Windham County, CT

Phoenix Mill, North bank of Still River, Phoenixville, Windham County,...

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Phoenix Mill, North bank of Still River, Phoenixville, Windham County, CT

Phoenix Mill, North bank of Still River, Phoenixville, Windham County,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power dam, cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape with a watermill, water, decayed building, 18th, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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

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

John & James Dobson Carpet Mill (West Parcel), Building No. 9, 4041-4055 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

John & James Dobson Carpet Mill (West Parcel), Building No. 9, 4041-40...

Significance: Constructed in 1884 for the finishing and weaving of plush material, Building 9 documents the Dobsons' ability to respond to changing demands in textile markets and technology. This addition to th... 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

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

Monadnock Mills, 15 Water Street, Claremont, Sullivan County, NH

Monadnock Mills, 15 Water Street, Claremont, Sullivan County, NH

Public domain photograph - historical image of New Hampshire, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Graniteville Mill, Machine Shop, Marshall Street, Graniteville, Aiken ...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

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

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

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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

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

Public domain photograph - historical image of New Hampshire, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

Public domain photograph - historical image of New Hampshire, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

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

Vegetable stand outside the home of Anthony Forgetta, Italian vegetable farmer. Farming activity in the winter is almost nil, while Mr. Forgetta and his daughter work in textile mills nearby. Andover, Massachusetts

Vegetable stand outside the home of Anthony Forgetta, Italian vegetabl...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

The Belknap Mill, a historic New England mill on the Winnipesaukee River in Laconia, New Hampshire

The Belknap Mill, a historic New England mill on the Winnipesaukee Riv...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The river originally powered hundreds of mills from hosiery to grain with hydro power. Later, hydro-electric power allowed the mills t... 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

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

John & James Dobson Carpet Mill (West Parcel), Building No. 22, 4041-4055 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

John & James Dobson Carpet Mill (West Parcel), Building No. 22, 4041-4...

Significance: Significant as a document of the first large scale expansion of the Dobsons' mill following the Civil War. The building was built as the principle building for Mill No. 1 and displays the oldest v... More

Richard Borden Manufacturing Company, No. 1 Mill, Rodman Street & Plymouth Avenue, Fall River, Bristol County, MA

Richard Borden Manufacturing Company, No. 1 Mill, Rodman Street & Plym...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Phoenix Mill, North bank of Still River, Phoenixville, Windham County, CT

Phoenix Mill, North bank of Still River, Phoenixville, Windham County,...

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

John & James Dobson Carpet Mill (West Parcel), Building No. 11, 4041-4055 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

John & James Dobson Carpet Mill (West Parcel), Building No. 11, 4041-4...

Significance: Building 11 is significant as it reflects the tremendous growth and expansion of the Dobsons' Mill in the late 19th century. Its major addition in the early 20th century serves as a document to th... 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

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...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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

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

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

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

Public domain photograph - historical image of New Hampshire, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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

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

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

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

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

Public domain photograph - historical image of New Hampshire, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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

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

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

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

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