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90 (1860)
The Hyde Co. built the first mill here in 1841. Granite Mill Co. bought the mill in 1843; in 1860 this firm employed 90 people to run 5,000 spindles and 138 looms in manufacture of cotton sheetings. Riverside Woolen Co., under agent Cyril Johnson, bought the mill in 1887, changed its name to Central Woolen Co., and installed 6 sets of cards and 32 looms to make cassimeres; more looms were soon added. Central Woolen made several brick additions, only one of which survives: the 1900 office block at the southeast corner of the granite mill. Cyril Johnson, acting independently, bought the mill in 1907 and ran it for four years. Since then several firms have operated the plant and several buildings have been added. Today the plant produces synthetic cloth on adapted woolen machinery. (Roth) As of 2014, the plant has been occupied by the American Woolen Co. See article in Brown Alumni Monthly Jan/Feb 2019 issue: https://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/articles/2019-01-09/dyed-in-the-wool
Roughly eight (8) blocks.
1841, 1900, 1919, 1924
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The 1841 mill, 4-story and 158' x 41', has walls of granite blocks in coursed ashlar, a central stair tower, and a near-flat roof that was probably altered by a later occupant to its present form. The 4-story, 55' x 46' office block at the southeast corner of the granite mill dates to 1900. Several buildings have been added: the 1919 3-story brick-pier mill, 216' x 89' with flat roof, and the 1924 1-story brick-pier dyehouse, 112' x 48' with flat roof, are the most prominent. (Roth)
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Excellent, Good
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2.09 acre parcel on west side of Furnace Avenue between High Street and West Main Street; also the streetside half of a one-story warehouse on the east side of the street opposite High Street
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2.09
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