Willimantic Silk, Corn Spinning, and Kobe Weaving Companies Open
Title
Willimantic Silk, Corn Spinning, and Kobe Weaving Companies Open
Description
Businessmen Abraham Corn, Max Stein, Nathan Stein, and Max Goldstein who worked for Domestic Silk Company in New York City's Garment District are 'lured' to Willimantic by $12,000 grant. They form three companies, Willimantic Silk, Corn Spinning, and Kobe Weaving in vacant mills on Bridge Street.
Source
Thomas R. Beardsley, Willimantic Industry and Community: The Rise and Decline of a Connecticut Textile City (Willimantic, CT: Windham Textile & History Community, 1993), 82.
Date
1928
Contributor
turner_max
Mediator
horn_allen
Collection
Citation
“Willimantic Silk, Corn Spinning, and Kobe Weaving Companies Open,” History Digitized, accessed October 24, 2024, https://easternct-digitalhistory.com/items/show/852.