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54 (1880s)
The former Moodus Mfg. Co. mill was erected ca. 1846 by Daniel Wetherell, a native of Portland, Connecticut. Also known as the 'Stone Mill', the facility was erected for the manufacture of yarn and housed a firm established by Wetherell, the Moodus Yarn Co. Wetherell's company folded in 1847 and the mill was subsequently acquired by H. and S.B. Chace of Valley Falls, Rhode Island, who in 1848 organized the Moodus Mfg. Co. The Moodus Mfg. Co. began producing spool thread in 1849 and continued to manufacture yarn until 1851. By the 1880s, the company employed 54 hands who operated 100 looms and 5,712 spindles. In 1902, the Moodus Mfg. Co. mill was acquired by the Hall, Lincoln Co. of Boston, Massachusetts. The latter firm terminated the manufacture of thread and twine and after installing new equipment began to produce cotton duck. The mill changed hands several times during the mid-20th century and was operated as the Arthur Woolen Mill during the 1920s, and by the Haddam Woolen Co., Inc. during the 1930s. Several fires damaged the mills during the 1950s and 1960s and the main portion of the mill was demolished during the late 20th century. The surviving portion of the mill originally served as the plant's picker house.
One (1) block.
ca. 1846
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A two-story, roughly 60' x 38' ashlar stone block mill with a side-gabled roof.
Deteriorated
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Set back roughly 400' west of East Haddam Moodus Road (CT Route 149), roughly 400' north of East Haddam Moodus Road's intersection with Wigwam Road and on the west bank of the Moodus River.
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15.57
Lucas A. Karmazinas
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