The story of textiles; a bird's-eye view of the history of the beginning and the growth of the industry by which mankind is clothed (1912)
Walton, Perry, 1865-1941 · Boston, Mass., J. S. Lawrence · leaf 256
tter machines. The second cotton mill in the Rehoboth part of Paw-tucket was built in 1805 by those who took the name Paw-tucket Cotton and Oil Manufacturing Company. As itwas of wood painted yellow, it was known as the YellowMill to distinguish it from the White Mill of SamuelSlater & Co. just… … THE STORY OF TEXTILES 179 OTHER MILLS START Benjamin S. Walcott, who had worked on the construc-tion of Slaters first mill, with Rufus and Elisha Watermanerected a mill at Cumberland, R.L, in 1802. Anotherworkman, Charles Bobbins, built the first mill for cottonmanufacturing in New Hampshire at New…
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