The silk industry in America. A history: prepared for the Centennial Exposition (1876)
Brockett, L. P. (Linus Pierpont), 1820-1893 · [New York Silk Association of America] · leaf 57
by themselves, andpropelled by water-power. The mill was a very small affair;its size was 12 by 12 ieet. In 1814, these two enterprising me-chanics having associated with themselves Harrison Hollandand John Gilbert, built a larger mill at Gurleyville, Connecti-cut; but the new mill failed of any… … THE SILK INDUSTRY IN AMERICA. 51 was finally abandoned; the failure of this and the precedingenterprises being due to the crudeness of the machinery andthe imperfect appliances for reeling-. The next effort in the way of silk manufacture was madeby William H. Horstmann, a native of Cassel,…
Silk manufacture and trade
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