Hanks Brothers Construct a Silk Mill in Mansfield

Title

Hanks Brothers Construct a Silk Mill in Mansfield

Description

The Hanks brothers are innovators in mechanized silk production, especially in the manufacturing of the machinery itself as well as different varieties of silk cloth and thread or 'twist (Beardsley 62-3).

Source

Thomas R. Beardsley, Willimantic Industry and Community: The Rise and Decline of a Connecticut Textile City (Willimantic, CT: Windham Textile & History Community, 1993), 63.

Date

1810

Contributor

turner_max

Collection

Digital Windham

Citation

“Hanks Brothers Construct a Silk Mill in Mansfield,” History Digitized, accessed March 12, 2026, https://easternct-digitalhistory.com/items/show/702.