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Assabet Mills - ca 1900
Photograph of the Assabet Mills complex and millpond taken in the early 1900s. Note the black smoke from the chimney.
Assabet Mills - ca 1900
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.
Assabet Mills - Overseers - 1921
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…
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…
Assabet Mills & Assabet Manufacturing - Company Memos from Amory Maynard, 1867-1872
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.
Assabet Mills and Canal
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…
Assabet Mills Baseball Team - 1924
l to r
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.…
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.…
Assabet Mills Building #21 Swimming Hole Photo - ca 1932-33
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.
Assabet Mills Photo - ca 1932-33
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.
Assabet Mills Property Map - 1951
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…
Scale: 80 feet to 1 inch
Major highlights and property references include:
Mill Compex (with building numbers)
Mill Pond (Water…
Assabet Mills Twin Chimneys - ca 1932-33
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.
Assabet Mills Wooden Board
A wooden slat with the following imprinted upon it: "American Woolen Co., Inc., Order No. 7263, Assabet Mills, Maynard, Mass".
Assabet Mills, Walnut Street-1867
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. …