Willimantic Becomes Known as the Cotton City

Title

Willimantic Becomes Known as the Cotton City

Description

Willimantic was the dominant cotton manufacturing center in the North. It ceases to be dominant after the Willimantic Linen Company closes.

Source

Thomas R. Beardsley, Willimantic Industry and Community: The Rise and Decline of a Connecticut Textile City (Willimantic, CT: Windham Textile & History Community, 1993), 14.

Date

1822/1926

Contributor

dube_briana

Collection

Digital Windham

Citation

“Willimantic Becomes Known as the Cotton City,” History Digitized, accessed October 24, 2024, https://easternct-digitalhistory.com/items/show/711.