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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 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.
Woolen Manufacturing Process Photos
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.…
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.…
American Woolen Mills - ca 1900
A picture of the American Woolen Mills, c. 1900, with the railroad embankment and bridge (later removed). In the background, behind Mill #5, are the tower on the home of Lorenzo Maynard, the upper part of Amory Maynard's home, and the tank house for…
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.
American Woolen Mills - ca 1900
The American Woolen Company, by 1900, was was operating 26 mills, one of the in Maynard. By 1923, it reached a total of 57 mills.
American Woolen Company - ca 1900
A photo of the American Woolen Company Mills.
Dynamo Control Room Photo
With the installation of a dynamo in the new power plant, electricity became available and on September 1, 1902, a contract was made between the American Woolen Company and the Town of Maynard for lighting the streets of the town. Thus, the old…
Assabet Mills - Early 1900's Photo
A photo of the Assabet Mills from Summer Hill.
Weave Room Photo
This is a picture of the Weave Room perch at the woolen mill in 1919.
The Square and Mills, Maynard, MA - 1914
A photo of the Maynard Mills and Square in 1914.
Mill No. 5 - 1902
A photo of Mill No. 5, Maynard, MA, taken by E. J. Keep of Jaffrey, NH.
Powering the Mill
At first, the traditional wooden waterwheel was the prime mover in the Mill. Power was transmitted to the machines in different parts of the mill buildings by an intricate series of shafts and belts.
Assabet Mills - 1914 Photo
A photo of the Maynard Mills looking up Walnut Street, dated 1914.
Assabet Mills - 1911 Photo
A photo of the Assabet Mills new storehouse building built in 1911.
125th Anniversary 1871-1996
Town of Maynard
A small collection of documents, newspapers commemorating the anniversary of the town in 1996.
Shuttle Photos
This shuttle with a bobbin of Khaki yarn was used in the Assabet Mills during World War One.
Photo negatives included.
Photo negatives included.
Beehive Money Safe Photos
This large floor safe was installed in the main office building in the Assabet Mills.