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Middlesex and Assabet Houses
The attached houses where built in 1901 to house mill workers. The location is corner of Main St. and Florida Rd. where Post Office is now located. The wall the woman is sitting on can be seen in front of Amory Maynard House, 145 Main St.
Machine Shop Flood Photo - 1936
During the flood of the Assabet River on March 13,1936, the river rose high enough to spill over its banks and to include the Walnut Street machine shop in mill Building No. 11 as part of the river.
John Ridley Underwood
A sepia photo of John R. Underwood and his wife, Pauline Miller, and children, Herbert and Jean. John was an electrician with the Assabet Mills. He and his family did relocate to Providence RI. In 1921, John was working on an elevator on a job in…
History of Capitalism - 2003
New York Times
Newspaper article comparing American capitalism pre-1900 to 2003 using the Maynard Mills as a backdrop.
Gavin Taylor 1866-1956
A black and white photo of Gavin Taylor, the overseer of the finishing department of the Assabet Mills. Mr. Taylor was active in town affairs and was a Water Commissioner for many years.
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…
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.
Employees of the American Woolen Company - 1935
Photos of individual Woolen Company Employees 1935.
2013.241- 244
(top left)G. Stuart, mill chemist (top right) H.C. Johnson. production manager. (bottom left) Frank Brayden, boss fuller
(bottom right) Roy Nelson,…
2013.241- 244
(top left)G. Stuart, mill chemist (top right) H.C. Johnson. production manager. (bottom left) Frank Brayden, boss fuller
(bottom right) Roy Nelson,…
Employees in Dry Finishing Department - 1931
Members of the dry finishing department at the American Woolen Mills 1931.
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.
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…
Curfew Bell
This "curfew bell" signaled to the mill employees that by 9 p.m. each night they were to be home and in bed. Amory Maynard warned that any of his employees found on the streets after the bell tolled would lose their jobs. In October 1935, the bell…
Construction of Mill Building No. 1 and No. 2 - 1916
A photo of the construction of Mill Building No. 1 and No.2 in 1916. The Millpond was drained during the construction period. A wooden flume was erected from the cove near the point at Front Street to the corner of mill building No. 5.
Comptometer
A comptometer used in the Assabet Mills. The Comptometer was the first commercially successful key-driven mechanical calculator, patented in the United States by Dorr Felt in 1887. The partnership was incorporated as the Felt & Tarrant…
Cloth Sample Book - 1913
American Woolen Company
The book contains 580, 3 x 5 in., finished woolen samples that represent the various colors and textures of the cloth produced at the mill. Likely used by salesmen to show the available materials.
Centennial Monograph: Assabet Mills
A detailed account of the founding of the mill and its impact on what became a "one industry" town.
Boiler Room Photo
This is one of the large boilers used to heat the mill buildings. The boilers could be fired by either gas or oil with an easy conversion.
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.
Blends Ledger 1931-1932
American Woolen Company
A ledger with the various mixes of materials to produce a particular finished woolen cloth.