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  • Collection: Assabet Mills

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This view of the Assabet Mill was taken looking out over the roof of the dye house.

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Specking room employees working at a loom.

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Members of the dry finishing department at the American Woolen Mills 1931.

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Photos of exterior of Assabet Mills taken by Robert McGarry

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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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Start of New Village - Harrison Street
The American Woolen Company in June of 1901 purchased the Reardon Estate on the south side of Parker Street. Sixty houses were built on this property to house workers for the mill. The view shown is Harrison…

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Dry Finishing Room Employees at Assabet Woolen Mills

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Photo of Fulling or Wet Finishing Department 1902 Assabet Mills

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Taken at the coal pile on Walnut Street before the installation of oil. The men in the picture are the second hands and employees of both departments which were under one head.

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Coal was the main source of power for the mill complex in the early 1900s. The coal was brought to the mill by train and was unloaded and shoveled into the boilers by these workers.

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View of Assabet Mills taken from Main Street in 1867. At that time,Walnut Street was on the southern side of the river and ran from Main Street to Thompson Street. In 1872, the street was relocated on the northern side of the river, running from…

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An insurance identification card for Edwin A. Laurila, an employee of the American Woolen Company in 1918.

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An illustration of the standard cover of the boxes for blankets produced by the American Woolen Company, circa 1940. The color of the box indicated the color of the blanket enclosed.

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The winter of 1936's large snowfall amounts was followed by heavy spring rains resulting in the worst flooding since 1850. In one day after 6 inches of rainfall the water was within a foot of it's bank by the mill buildings. Photo of mill number 6.

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A booklet describing the Payroll Allotment Plan for United States Savings Bonds during WWII, in the name of Albert W. Connors, an oiler with the American Woolen Company, 1941.

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These cards were to be used by the employees of the Assabet Mills for their severance pay at the time of the closing of the mills.

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A series of American Woolen Company Stock Certificates and Common Dividends issued in 1922, 1946-1951, to John F. King, an employee.

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The hurricane moved ashore in Connecticut shortly after high tide on August 31, producing a storm surge of 10-15 ft and winds of over 115 mph. Widespread areas were left without power from eastern Connecticut to southern Massachusetts. Digital…

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A March 1879 Notice to the employees of the Assabet Manufacturing Company regarding termination of employment due to intoxication.

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Series of external views of the mill buildings taken July 18, 1931and November 22,1931. Some photos indicate year the building was added.