William Swift Constructs First Silk Mill in Willimantic

Title

William Swift Constructs First Silk Mill in Willimantic

Description

William Swift builds a one story, wood framed silk mill at the corner of Church and Valley streets.

Source

Thomas R. Beardsley, Willimantic Industry and Community: The Rise and Decline of a Connecticut Textile City (Willimantic, CT: Windham Textile & History Community, 1993), 64.

Date

1860

Contributor

hall_tyler

Collection

Digital Windham

Citation

“William Swift Constructs First Silk Mill in Willimantic,” History Digitized, accessed October 24, 2024, https://easternct-digitalhistory.com/items/show/746.