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  • Collection: Assabet Mills

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Photograph of the Assabet Mills complex and millpond taken in the early 1900s. Note the black smoke from the chimney.

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Photo of the Assabet Mills, ca 1900.

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The original ,mill was a wooden structure. Afterward, a six-story, 170-by-50 foot brick mill was built over the wooden frame while the machinery inside was still running.

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A photo of the Assabet Mills from Summer Hill.

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Photograph of the overseers of the mill taken in 1921.
Left to Right
Front Row
1. Harry Burnham 2. James J Morgan 3. Everett Troope, Sr (alternate spelling Troup) 4. Charles Courtney 5. Frank Prue 6. Joseph Donohue 7. Albert Easthope 8. Thomas…

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A photo of the Assabet Mills and millpond.

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A series of copies of Assabet Mills/Maunfacturing Company memos written by Amory Maynard from the Counting Room, 1867-1872. These memos were written to Mr. Charles Sargent and addressed the need for various machinery activities.

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Photograph of the Mill and "canal" adjacent to Walnut Street (taken from the Main Street bridge) taken in 1915. Note the alternate or mis-spelling of Assabet ("Assabett") on the photograph. Also this is technically not the canal, but the…

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Front: G. Soules, J. White, F. OBrien, W. Johnston, H. Lyons, J. Moynihan
Back: H. Morgan, R. Marsden, T. Marsden, W. Morrill, M. Vodoklys, W. Oates

In 1924 the American Woolen Company had a league comprised of several of the mill teams.…

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A photo of the Assabet Mills, Building #1, in 1918.

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A picture of the Assabet Mills swimming hole just right of the tree cluster off Thompson Street and Main Street, across the pond. The building is numbered 21.

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The carpet was likely produced at the American Woolen Company Assabet Mill.

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Photos of exterior of Assabet Mills taken by Robert McGarry

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A photo of the Assabet Mills taken from Beacon Street.

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Photograph of Assabet Mills taken from Front Street in 1905.

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A picture of the American Woolen Co. Mills further up and off from Thompson Street. This picture is of Mill Buildings #1, and # 5, and the field that is now Digital parking lot.

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Plan of Land and Buildings of the Assabet Mills, Maynard, Massachusetts owned by the American Woolen Company.

Scale: 80 feet to 1 inch

Major highlights and property references include:

Mill Compex (with building numbers)
Mill Pond (Water…

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A picture taken behind the block at River Street of the Walnut Street Bridge (note: ball-type globes on street lights on bridge), back of billboards, and the twin smoke stacks of American Woolen Mills.

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A wooden slat with the following imprinted upon it: "American Woolen Co., Inc., Order No. 7263, Assabet Mills, Maynard, Mass".

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Originally Walnut St. was laid out in 1865 and ran from Main St. to Thompson St. and was on the south side of the Assabet River, but in 1862 it was relocated on the north side of the river from Main Street to Parker Street and an iron bridge built. …