Mill Record Westport
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- Complex Name (Common)
- Nash Ice
- Complex Name (Historic)
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- Nash Ice
- Address or Location
- 9 King's Highway North, Westport
- County
- Fairfield
- Historic Designation
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- Associated Mill Community
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What can you do at this mill?
- Historic Information
Use (Historic)
Largest Documented Workforce
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Historic Narrative
The Nash family owned acreage on the Stony Brook and created Nash's pond by damming it in the mid-nineteenth century. A sawmill and cider mill operated here since c.1869, and ice distribution began c.1886, when Edward Colt Nash (b.1887) built an ice house that held 25,000 tons of ice insulated with sawdust from the sawmill. The ice business was extensive, delivering 'Island Rock Ice' to surrounding towns and Norwalk. The family homestead is located at 1 Kings Highway North.
- Architectural Information
Number of Existing Buildings
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Dates of Construction
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Architect
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Architectural Description
It is not clear how many original buildings remain, possibly two on either side of the brook at the base of the dam.
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Power Source
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- Property Information
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Specific Location
west side of Kings Highway North just north of State Street intersection set back at Nash Pond dam
Adjacent To
Exterior Visible from Public Road?
Yes
Parcel ID / Assessor Record Link
- B09/ / 066/000 / Link →
Acreage
1.62
Use (Present)
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Bibliography
- Westport Historical Society.
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