Willimantic Linen Co. Constructs Mill No. 4

Title

Willimantic Linen Co. Constructs Mill No. 4

Description

Mill No. 4 is the largest single story mill in the world at the time and one of the first to use electric lighting. Forty of the 75 men digging the mill's foundation go on strike and leave the site after Barrows gives a raise only to Swedish workers.

Source

Thomas R. Beardsley, Willimantic Industry and Community: The Rise and Decline of a Connecticut Textile City (Willimantic, CT: Windham Textile & History Community, 1993), 44-7.

Date

1880-03

Contributor

turner_max

Collection

Digital Windham

Citation

“Willimantic Linen Co. Constructs Mill No. 4,” History Digitized, accessed March 12, 2026, https://easternct-digitalhistory.com/items/show/784.