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A collection of fourteen wool hooks used in the American Woolen Company Mills, in the process of manufacturing woolen cloth. These were used in the Drawing-In Room. They range in length from 6 to 10 inches.

A book listing the different types of wool with related prices per roll as noted in 1929.

A square piece of purple wool cloth similar to those made at the American Woolen Co.

Carding step 1.
The wool fibers are straightened and smoothed as they go through one cad cylinder after another. The photo 318.a shows a section of a back winder.
Carding step 2.
After carding, the wide, thin web of wool fiber into strips.…

Photograph of construction equipment laying the foundation of Number 1 Mill (Building 1). The Mill pond has been drained and a wooden flume carrying the water to the boiler room from the canal on Front Street is visible in the background. Note the…

Construction of Mill Building 1 in 1918 required the draining of the mill pond. This photograph shows the drained pond, the flume carrying water to the mill from the canal, a trench for the foundation of the building and construction equipment…

Photograph of the construction of Building 1 of the Mill Complex in 1918. The mill pond was drained during the construction and the photograph shows the flume that was built to convey the canal water to the power house. St. Bridget's church is on…

In order to build Number 1 Mill (Building 1), the entire Mill pond was drained a flume to carry the water from Front Street to the boiler room at the mills was constructed.

Photograph shows the flume, mill pond ice, and construction…

Photograph of the Mill Power House taken in 1902 showing huge steam-powered generators, electrical distribution equipment, wiring, and the operators of the equipment.

Note: ages of employees, employee sitting on top of one of the generators and on…

Photograph of Mill Construction of the Number 1 Mill (Building 1) in 1918 showing construction equipment and the flume which carried water from the canal to the boiler room (the mill pond was drained for the construction project).

Note: Sheridan…

The woolen material that was used to make this coat was woven at the Assabet Mills, American Woolen Company, Maynard.