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The Lippitt Mill (built 1809) in West Warwick, Rhode Island is believed to be the oldest continuously operating textile mill in the United States. It is currently used for the manufacture of lace. NRHP Building #74000053.
Robey's Mill. The 19th century wooden mill is still standing along Piney Branch in Fairfax County. Originally known as Hope Park Mill and thought to have been built between 1790 and 1804 on the Hope Park plantation. The mill was owned by Major Frank Robey from the 1890s to 1916 and was named Robey's Mill. The mill was in operation until the 1930s. 12124 Pope’s Head Road.
Hope Park Mill and Miller's House. National Register of Historic Places 77001486
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When Saltaire was designed for Sir Titus Salt by the Bradford architects Lockwood and Mawson between the years 1851 and 1853 it was part of a major social statement for
a "New Industrial Age".
Saltaire comprises a massive textile mill and a village built for the workforce.
The village contains 900 houses, churches, schools, institute and other public amenities.
The mill was in full production, employing 3,000 people, for over 100 years until the Bradford textile industry fell into decline.
Jonathan Silver bought Salts Mill in 1987. It was semi-derelict and appeared to have no positive future. Since then Salts has been transformed and now approximately 1,500 people are employed on the site by firms which include large electronic manufacturing companies like Pace Micro Technology plc and Filtronic Comtek plc. In 1853 Salts Mill was the leading edge of textile industry; it now leads the world in high technology.
In addition to the galleries, the other public spaces include a high quality diner and excellent speciality shops.
Whisnant Hosiery Mills
Hickory, North Carolina
Listed 8/27/2013
Reference Number: 13000637
The history of Whisnant Hosiery Mills reflects the development and expansion of the hosiery industry in Hickory, North Carolina, during the second and third quarters of the twentieth century. The hosiery industry in this piedmont city began in 1906 and grew slowly at first, but by the third quarter of the twentieth century, it had become the largest industry and the primary economic force in Hickory. Only four mills were in operation by 1925, but by 1953, the number had increased to fifty-five, with 4,000 workers, and by 1962, at the peak of hosiery manufacturing in Hickory, there were eighty-nine mills. Like the hosiery industry in Hickory as a whole, the Whisnant Hosiery Mills started out modestly, with a small mill erected in 1929. From then on, however, the company enlarged its plant and workforce and updated its machinery almost continuously, with major additions built in 1937, the 1940s, and 1966. The physical appearance of the mill today tells the story of each period of its growth. By 193 8, Whisnant Hosiery Mills, which manufactured, dyed, and finished men's half hose, employed 525 workers and had the capacity to produce 3,500 dozen pair of men's hose per day, far out-pacing the employment and production figures for all but one of the other mills at that time. [That mill, the Elliot Hosiery Mills, does not survive.] The Whisnant Hosiery Mills' important status within the local hosiery industry continued throughout its history. In 1966, the company constructed its last addition, doubling the size of the mill. Replacing the warehouses that had stood on part of the site, the addition substantially expanded the mill's manufacturing space for dyeing and finishing processes and provided a new and larger office suite for the management. Designed by Hickory architect D. Carroll Abee, the modernist brick, concrete, and glass exterior served to update the company's image. The 1966 addition not only signified the high level of success the company still enjoyed, but coincided with the hosiery industry's peak, as a whole, in Hickory.
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Whisnant Hosiery Mills, Hickory, North Carolina Summary Page
This waterfall can be seen next to the West Point Mill in Durham, NC. Thanks to the surrounding dense foliage and the dusky time of day, I was able to set the camera to a nice long exposure setting to really get the motion of the water. I wish I could have also recorded the sound of the waterfall as it was so tranquil.
Bergen, Norway
- The original Christie Mill was destroyed by fire in the year 1900, demolished ca. 1925-30, and rebuilt by Christie park's Friends in 2004. The rebuilt mill stands today as a monument to times past - a story for today's children and youth. Here, school classes and others come to see how the grain was turned to flour in the "old days". The original mill was probably built around 1830, and was in daily use until ca. 1860. The rebuilt mill is as far as possible a copy of the mill that burned down ca. 1900 - built on houses of the original mill. Architect Gabor Szilvay drew the mill with a "China tilt" and other time-appropriate solutions from Christies time. The technical work is produced by Rune Revheim, Osterøy, and the mill stones were carved by Thorbjørn Løland from Hyllestad in Sogn -
2©09 - Tommy Aga Hevrøy
A mill stone with a big chip at the Quarry Metropark in Peninsula, Ohio. It's about four feet across and two feet high.
Graue Mill and Museum, an operating waterwheel grist mill and homestead, is dedicated to maintaining a bridge between past and present generations in the belief that understanding our history is vital to our future. The Museum provides programs -- for school children and others -- that include milling, spinning and weaving and living history presentations, as well as artifacts which illustrate the way of life of area residents between 1850 and 1890 and the impact mills such as Graue Mill had on our culture.
Photograph taken by Michael Kappel
Smithville Village in Eastampton Twp, NJ- In the buildings, ruins and landscape of Smithville Village today resides the remarkable story of Hezekiah B. Smith and his model industrial village,which grew from a typical, small mill operation on the Rancocas Creek to a major industrial plant employing hundreds of workers in its shops and yards from the 1860s to the 1920s: www.eastampton.com/content/79/141/380.aspx
This is some of the original equipment at Mill Springs Mill May 28, 2011 in Monticello, Ky., during the 18th Annual Mill Springs Mill Cornbread Festival. Photo by Lee Roberts
The James Rice family built this mill in 1798 on Lost Creek in what is now Union County, Tennessee. Four generations of the family operated it there until 1935 when the Tennessee Valley Authority bought the land where it stood.
Norris Dam, which was the first of the TVA dams, would soon flood its location so in 1935 men from the Civilian Conservation Corps moved the mill to its present site just downstream of the dam.
During its long history the mill has at times been rigged to power a sawmill, a cotton gin, a trip hammer, and even a dynamo that supplied electricity to power lights for the Rice home in 1899.
In summer months the mill is still used to grind cornmeal which is available for sale at the site.
You Tube video of the Rice Mill can be seen here.
My first try at hdr, I expect I will get better.. I like this tho, looks like a painting rather than a photo
Ashby's Mill is a restored grade II* listed tower mill at Brixton in the London Borough of Lambeth. The mill was in Surrey when built and has been preserved. Read on: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashby's_Mill
water mill on tom sawyer island at disneyland, a great place for kids to explore and find the hidden treasure and secret room and parents to sit and relax
The mill race that supplied water to Gambrill Mill from a dam on Brush Creek no longer exists, but this pond still holds water just below the old mill building.
At one time the biggest grain mill in the world. Burned in a huge fire in 1982, then made into a museum in about 2000.
It appears that this place is the second oldest mill in Bradford (Holme mill - 1800, pretty much opposite is the oldest) This place was built in 1801/2 by Mr Piele, (a dyer) at two different periods, and at one time was two different mills. By 1833, Mr Benjamin and Matthew Thompson owned the whole of this mill. Today, it lies empty, trashed and open to the elements, the smack heads and the firestarters. The looms are long gone; the mill silent. Titus Salt, (an important Bradford man, who went on to build the enormous Salt's Mill in Saltaire - named after him and the River Aire) had been experimenting with a Russian wool called Donskoi wool for worsted manufacture. He was unable to persuade manufacturers to make use of the wool, and was determined to do so himself. After careful experimentation, he fully succeeded, by means of special machinery which he set up in here.
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It occurred to me today, that this was the second mill to be built in Bradford the year after Holme Mill. Holme mill was actually rebuilt, which by my reckoning makes this the oldest mill in Bradford, the mill capital of Britain. Sad that it is left to collapse then really. Good old Bradford.
Mabry Mill is a watermill located at milepost 176.2 of Blue Ridge Parkway in Floyd County, Virginia. It is a tourist attraction mainly for the picturesque views of the mill itself. A short trail around the mill connects historical exhibits about life in rural Virginia. The trail allows visitors to view the gristmill, sawmill, and blacksmith shop.
Mabry Mill became operational in 1905 and served as a gristmill until the mid-1930's. E.B. Mabry operated the mill from 1910 until 1935.
During peak seasons, demonstrations of crafts are given by National Park Service volunteers at Mabry Mill.