Willimantic Linen Co. Constructs Mill Number One
Title
Willimantic Linen Co. Constructs Mill Number One
Description
Elisha Johnson, partner of Origen Hall, convinces the Willimantic Linen Company to absorb the Willington Thread Company. The Willimantic Linen Company gains Willington's proprietary glazed three-cord thread and a new granite mill, which becomes known as Mill Number One.
Source
Thomas R. Beardsley, Willimantic Industry and Community: The Rise and Decline of a Connecticut Textile City (Willimantic, CT: Windham Textile & History Community, 1993), 20.
Date
1857
Contributor
hall_tyler
Collection
Citation
“Willimantic Linen Co. Constructs Mill Number One,” History Digitized, accessed October 24, 2024, https://easternct-digitalhistory.com/items/show/741.