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Slater Mill, Pawtucket RI
[wzslider autoplay=”true” interval=”5000″ height=”800″ lightbox=”true”]Slater Mill Museum 67 Roosevelt Ave., Pawtucket RI 02860 401-725-8638 Open March – November for guided tours. Slater Mill was buit in 1793 and was operatonal through 1921. It is the first hydro operated cotton mill of it’s kind in America. It obtained it’s power by the Seekonk River shown in one of the slide show photo’s. In 1925 the mill became a museum. In the midst of Pawtucket, pop. 72,000, there still stands a bit of Americana to take us back to the beginning of the industrial revolution.
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Abandoned Grosvenordale Company Cotton Mill, Thompson CT
[wzslider autoplay=”true” interval=”6000″ height=”800″ lightbox=”true”] Located in the Grosvernordale (pop 1500) section of Thompson (pop 5000) CT sits this abandoned cotton mill which is a reminder of day’s gone by. This mill was home to the Grosvernodale Cotton Mill which closed it’s doors in 1954. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to gather much further information about this company. This part of CT is best known for The Thompson Motor Speedway which is located not far from here. I was on my way to a sales call when I stumbled upon this gem. Because I got to my call an hour early I had the entire lunch hour to walk around this…
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Abandoned Taftville/Ponemah Textile Mill – Norwhich, CT
[wzslider autoplay=”true” height=”800″ lightbox=”true”]NOTE: There are two separate buildings in the photo’s. One is four stories the other is two stories. The rear of the four story building is also depicted. The article shown below in quotations was reproduced from Wikipedia and can be read in it’s entirety here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taftville,_Connecticut “Taftville is a small village in eastern Connecticut. It is a neighborhood of Norwich but has its own post office (ZIP Code 06380). It was established in 1866 as site for the large Taftville Mill, later Ponemah Mill. The village is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Taftville and as alternative name Taftville/Ponemah Mill National Register Historic…
