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Assabet Mill Employees - ca 1900
Photo of young boys working at blending. Scored wool and other fibers are blended before carding. As of 1891, one eighth of the workers were less than 16 years old and made 5.5 cents per hour.
Photo of a team of pipe fitters who are part of the…
Photo of a team of pipe fitters who are part of the…
Drawing In Room Employees Assabet Mills 1905 Photo
Drawing In Room Employees:
Front Row:
Frank Riley, John Manning
Second Row:
Unknown
Third Row:
Maude Turnbull,____,___,___,Albert Batley, Mame McCarthy, Clara Binks,___,____
Back Row:
_____, Jim Sheridan,_____,John Sheridan, Fred…
Front Row:
Frank Riley, John Manning
Second Row:
Unknown
Third Row:
Maude Turnbull,____,___,___,Albert Batley, Mame McCarthy, Clara Binks,___,____
Back Row:
_____, Jim Sheridan,_____,John Sheridan, Fred…
Sewing Room Employees - 1904
American Woolen Company
Sewing Room Employees.
Starting with first row.
Margaret Keegan, Nellie McHan, Mame Kelly, Lizzie McHass, Cecelia O'Toole, Meg Scully, Net Binns?, Kate Sweeney, Sadie McGarrey, Frank Moynihan, Connie Desmond, Mary Callahan, Nellie Crotty,…
Starting with first row.
Margaret Keegan, Nellie McHan, Mame Kelly, Lizzie McHass, Cecelia O'Toole, Meg Scully, Net Binns?, Kate Sweeney, Sadie McGarrey, Frank Moynihan, Connie Desmond, Mary Callahan, Nellie Crotty,…
Dry Finishing Office Employees
Photo of Office Employees Dry Finishing Department.
Left to Right
Thomas Quirk, ____,_____,____, Tom Deane
Left to Right
Thomas Quirk, ____,_____,____, Tom Deane
American Water Wheel Company - Warren's Turbine Water Wheel Annual Circular - 1860
The 1860 Seventh Annual Circular published by the American Water Wheel Company describes the company's recent improvements, product updates, and customer endorsements.
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 - ca 1930
American Woolen Company
Series of external views of the mill c.1930. One photo shows unloading of wool into the building.
Assabet Mills Photos - 1931
Series of external views of the mill buildings taken July 18, 1931and November 22,1931. Some photos indicate year the building was added.
American Woolen Company and Express Employees with Shipment of Cloth 1920.
Woolen cloth being shipped by express from the Assabet Mills in 1920. The mill workers were able to load 347 pieces of wrapped wool onto the train car in 5 and 1/2 minutes.
From Left to Right 1.___, 2. Florian Konowicz, 3. Harley O'Brien, 4. John…
From Left to Right 1.___, 2. Florian Konowicz, 3. Harley O'Brien, 4. John…
Flooding at Assabet Mills from Hurricane Carol - 1954.
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…
American Woolen Company Large Mailing Envelope
A large, brown addressed mailing envelope to
American Woolen Company
Box 666 Grand Central Post Office
New York 17, N.Y.
American Woolen Company
Box 666 Grand Central Post Office
New York 17, N.Y.
Notification for Separation Pay Mailing Card - 1951
Assabet Mills
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.
Flood of March 1936 - Mill Views
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.
Assabet Mills - 1867
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…
Boiler Room Employees - 1905
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.
Dressing and Slasher Room Assabet Mills Employees - 1905
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.
Employees in Dry Finishing Department - 1931
Members of the dry finishing department at the American Woolen Mills 1931.